3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I think this is the other side of the room; I believe they were symmetrical for the most part. Right side of this photo: http://www.opacity.us/image8295_mottled.htm

I think that's a box for the fire hose (no sprinklers).

Larry, yes I've had a ward door slam shut in a strong gust of wind, get jammed, and there was nothing on the door I could grab to pull it towards me. The doorknob was gone, but the lock assembly was still in place, so you couldn't even get your finger through. Luckily I had a hooked tool that could make it through the tiny hole there, and pulled it back.

Most problems I hear about are self-locking mechanisms, but I've always been very diligent about propping suspect doors open (knock on wood).

The air quality wasn't all that bad surprisingly (for only being in the room for a minute); it's all about ventilation.

A great deduction indeed, thanks evilavatar!

I went back once after the fire, the state of the building is a bit depressing.

Yes the water was shut off - in an unheated building in New England, the pipes would probably freeze and burst the first winter if they weren't.

Old hospitals did have large windows in the operating room, especially before electricity became a standard... I feel that this hospital (built in 1921) would be far beyond that era though. Perhaps the room was not originally intended as an O.R., or the room wasn't an O.R. at all...

Broken refrigerator = not good.

Yes; when both wings of the building were completed and the WW I veterans moved out, each wing was devoted to a gender.

Being successfully released from an institution seems like something to be proud of, no?

I would imagine the office tower was closed in 1979 with the rest of the terminal, but it's possible these rooms fell into disuse even earlier (BCT was first put up for sale in 1959).

I think the marble was in the bathrooms, but not much left in terms of fixtures. My memory is a bit hazy.

Thanks, I would guess somewhere in the 40-50 foot range.

Yup the building has been undergoing the massive task of restoration since 1997 - check out http://buffalocentralterminal.org/