3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

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Thanks for the info! I don't recall seeing sandbags, but I'm not familiar with rigging equipment so it may have been overlooked. It also might have been salvaged.
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Yes, I believe the rectangular box up top is a speaker.
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The hospital was closed proper in 1996, however some of these buildings were closed for quite some time before then, I would guess sometime in the 1970s-1980s.
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Thanks; the hospital closed in 2002 due to dwindling patient population and poor financial performance as it ran up over $1 million in monthly losses.

Yes that's pretty much the plan. Some places are patrolled, some alarmed, some video taped, some protected by dogs - it varies greatly, as does access; eg. open window or door, crawlspace, climbing, tunnels...
Ephemera: Welcoming Spring
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They moved horizontally across the wall, but all doors in a cell block could be operated with a single lever (see http://www.opacity.us/...02_door_controls.htm ) - so they weren't as old of a design as the ones in Eastern State Penitentiary for example - http://www.opacity.us/...atric_department.htm
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Yes it's the top of an arched window.
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No, they were a few wards down, inside the building.
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I would assume both, since the stage is rigged for live performances.
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Just a wide angle, 12mm x 1.6 crop = 19.2mm to be exact :-)
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I was standing in a hallway, which was intact for the most part, looking into a doorway of this collapsed area. I can't remember which wing or ward I was on though.
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It's a base for something, but I can't tell what it is. Almost looks like plastic closeup.
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The darkness of the bricks is actually a combination of being wet (no doubt contributing to the crumbling of the plaster), and some green and black mold.
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Hey Erica, sorry the photos didn't make it out of the camera! I only have a really old set from that hospital posted online, although I have a few recent trips that I haven't gotten to - http://www.opacity.us/...ychiatric_center.htm
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It's a pile of horsehair (mattress stuffing).
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Robski - I don't think so, many people have been through this hospital after it closed.