3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

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Yeah it's amazing how these places could've been so utilitarian, but the designers and craftsmen built these flourishes anyway.
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These puns really steam me up!
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Yeah the wood is incredible - huge chunky beams without a knot in sight. Surely dope_mexican_chick can appreciate the fine craftsmanship in this building...
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I'm very glad you remembered my site at that lovely sounding dark ale moment!
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Yes, the floor being lowered would explain why there's a line around the walls around that same height, which also exposes unfinished block along the exterior wall. Good catch!
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Interesting detail there; I wonder what purpose that vent served...
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OK we have an updated forum running; let me know if there are any issues, thank you!!
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@Prancer you'd need to use a thick epoxy, like a bar-top coating; would be pricey, but should work if it's thick enough.
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Hi andrea, I'm not sure what you're talking about but let me know if I can help in any way!
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Hi andrea, thanks! I don't have that information for each photo unfortunately, but it was taken with a Canon 5D with an exposure of about 10 minutes around F8.
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Yeah I'm not entirely sure what that is, though it looks like a shelf of some sort.
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Yeah something weird happened there and everyone got banned. It's not looking very promising to fix. I removed the link in the meantime, since it was filling up the error logs... will take another crack at it this weekend.
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I was able to get into one of the towers at Buffalo, but it was disappointingly empty - no clock or bells that I could see. I just snapped a quick photo at the lower landing:
https://opacity.us/image2312_attic.htm

I really wish I made it up to the top of Worcester, but we had to run at that one.

Clock towers are great, I was in the one at Weston State Hospital (also a Kirkbride):
https://opacity.us/image9387_gears.htm
Metropolitan State Hospital:
https://opacity.us/image3960_twofaced.htm
A chateau in Belgium:
https://opacity.us/image4930_gears.htm
and probably a few others I'm forgetting... always nice to see the machinery still present.
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Hm, I haven't touched it in years. It might be time to retire it unfortunately, I just don't have much time to work on it these days. I'll see what I can do.
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Ah, makes sense, thank you!