583 Comments Posted by Rekrats
Rekrats wrote:
I want to breathe deep of the cleansing air... assuming the mold spores and dust are still behind me in the building. :-)
- Location: Jackson Sanatorium (view comments)
- Gallery: Up in the Air
Rekrats wrote:
Gutted and featureless, but still appealing and enthralling to us urb-ex geeks (as my spouse refers to us).
If these crumbling walls could speak to us, what would they say of the decades of visitors, rich and famous, infirm and traumatized, seeking relaxation or restoration... so much history in these gorgeous lines.
If these crumbling walls could speak to us, what would they say of the decades of visitors, rich and famous, infirm and traumatized, seeking relaxation or restoration... so much history in these gorgeous lines.
- Location: Jackson Sanatorium (view comments)
- Gallery: Up in the Air
Rekrats wrote:
Your staircase shots are always astonishing.
- Location: Jackson Sanatorium (view comments)
- Gallery: Up in the Air
Rekrats wrote:
Beauty!! This seemed the perfect, idyllic setting for a restorative sanatorium. Even now, as a moldering hulk lounging upon the hill, the building still speaks of tranquility, calm and natural grace.
- Location: Jackson Sanatorium (view comments)
- Gallery: Up in the Air
Rekrats wrote:
Wow.... morbid is an understatement!!!!
Ephemera: The Lobotomist
Rekrats wrote:
Too late for "Dead Rollers"! Maybe an encore?
(I'd settle for a printed copy for purchase...)
(I'd settle for a printed copy for purchase...)
- Location: Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Dark Corners
Rekrats wrote:
Well, Merc, I assume there were some visitors. The hospital would want to leave a grand first impression. And who is to say that insane people cannot appreciate beauty anyway? There is some amazing and talented artwork done by institutionalized people that proves the contrary is true.
- Location: Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Dark Corners
Rekrats wrote:
Beautifully said, Roy, thank you.
On another note... yellow is not a color seen very often in psych hospitals. It looks more foreboding than cheerful now, shrouded in shadow and the air of abandonment.
On another note... yellow is not a color seen very often in psych hospitals. It looks more foreboding than cheerful now, shrouded in shadow and the air of abandonment.
- Location: Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Dark Corners
Rekrats wrote:
Amazing how few paint flakes are actually on the floor, considering the peeling on the walls and ceilings.
- Location: Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Dark Corners
Rekrats wrote:
Exactly what I needed! Thank you Motts.
- Location: Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Dark Corners
Rekrats wrote:
That's great that you beat the security patrols in! It is refreshing to see a historic site being maintained, or at least monitored, rather than simply left to rot. (Although those have their photographic appeal, especially through Motts' lenses!)
Ephemera: Village Theater
Rekrats wrote:
I'm here to echo the sentiments of EchoRose. Stunning!!!
- Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary (view comments)
- Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere
Rekrats wrote:
Me too, Burnsides. This picture really grabs me!
- Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary (view comments)
- Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere
Rekrats wrote:
(that was supposed to be "imagine")
- Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary (view comments)
- Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere
Rekrats wrote:
Almost impossible to image this used to be a sanitary place of cleanliness and healing.
- Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary (view comments)
- Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere