When my mom was doing her psych training in nursing school, she trained in the Furcolo Building. I guess she spent a little time in the CTG, too. She says that Furcolo is where most of the newly admitted patients were placed while they underwent evaluation, and that the most severe cases were put in the CTG. It would have been awesome to see photos of inside the Furcolo, and to show them to my mom. She's got some pretty far out stories from the three months she spent there.
Awesome shot. It almost looks as if the Medical Building was photoshopped into the picture because it looks so out of place amidst all of the vegetation.
You people have very overactive imaginations. Mental patients in laundry chutes? Highly unlikely. I don't even think the hole is big enough to stuff a person into.
My mom did her rotation in psych nursing at Met back in the 60's when she was in nursing school. She said that while she was here, they held a sort of carnival for the patients in this courtyard.
i went on when i was little like a year before it closed. I remember a noise then i closed my eyes. Man i really wish this place would open up again but it's way to late. Rhode island should reopen it with new rides.
That crank on the end of the bedframe, although I know it was used for an innocent fuction, gives me the heebie-jeebies. It makes me think of ancient dental tools that resemble torture devices more than they do therapeutic instruments.
Something about this corridor seems so closed-in and claustrophobic. Maybe it's the way in which the paint is peeling, or perhaps the hallway is just really narrow. Also, the doorways seem to be very tall, and it could just be an optical illusion.
Perhaps the wooden planks were placed over the tops of the heaters so that the kids wouldn't stick their fingers in them and accidentally get burned. They may have also functioned as makeshift shelves for holding personal belongings.