3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

The old wards are boarded up, but not the upper floors of administration here.

Well in this medical building, the hundreds of smoke detectors were low on batteries so they were all beeping at different times, it sounds pretty weird. Usually it's pretty quiet except for dripping sounds and things banging around in the wind.

None, the concrete floor was solid in most places, the decorative structures were in bad shape.

No harsh 90 degree angles.

Eh, Worcester State has a flat roof with a balcony, and is much less ornate... and it only has one portico, not two!

Yup it's an x-ray, sorry I tend to forget people jump around the galleries.

No problem Lynne, those who have worked or lived inside these places are the only true testament as to what really occurred... the rest of us (including myself) can only read publications and infer as to what happened from the clues amid the ruins left behind. Unfortunately, the positive things are almost impossible to find through these means; but your comments are bound to reach many people and dispel some predisposed opinions they may have.

Most likely.

They might be from asbestos abatement crews.

It would be best if you two e-mail each other privately, any information on accessing locations is strictly prohibited on this web site.

The state usually auctions off equipment when these hospitals close, because they own the place. If it's antiquated or in poor shape they will let it rot away until demoliton begins.

There were quite a few machines that have been removed in this kitchen, and much of the new medical building has been stripped of anything of value by the owner.

No, they are several shots stitched together on the computer.

Well, I just watched The Shining, so I pulled the trick at the end where the kid walks backwards in the snow to fool his pursuer....

Seriously though, this was taken at a time when there wasn't much security, and the place was littered with footprints already, look at them all. I'm glad I went in the winter, the place turned pretty ugly in just a few months.

Yup... the roof was pretty new, so it wasn't too slippery

It's pretty big... this shot doesn't include the giant medical building, ward buildings, doctor's homes, and the new psychiatric facility up on the hill back there (you can just see the tops of the buildings in this photo).