361 Comments Posted by barbara

Wow, I love the color spectrum of this, and those ducts are something else! I've never seen anything like it!

Another place I find rather peaceful...maybe its the trees out the window or the muted colors.

I really like that door, reminds of the weather-beaten front door one would find in the front of a long-abandoned house.

Very nice...I love the filtered light that the trees cast on the wall and floor. For some reason, I find it kind of peaceful - I'd love to just sit in that hallway and think or read a book.

Thanks for another excellent gallery, Mr. Motts!! : )

The colours in this are wonderful! This would make a nice print. *wink wink nudge nudge*

Yep it was mean of them to have seatbelts, so that the patient wouldn't have the chance to fall over and maybe give themselves a concussion. And the seatbelt probably enabled the staff member to not have to stand over them every moment so the patient could have some privacy. Wow, they are so mean!! I also imagine that these places often had some type of curtain separating the toilets for added privacy...the torture don't end, do it? ; )

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ouch my brain hurts now.

Yes, sometimes patients were mistreated...there's a bad apple in every bunch. That doesn't mean that every patient was mistreated or that an overwhelming number of them were. Most were treated fine, or at least treated as best they could be with what technology was available at the time.

Yes, I'm sure I'm over analyzing this..but I take it the beds were bunk beds? That or they were very close together. But from what I gather some of the children were disabled so I don't see how they would be able to get into top bunk. So I take it the beds were either pushed close together, or the beds were not nearly centered under the names. Don't know know why I started wondering this, I like things centered and even and its 2:30 in the morning...

Yep, Dr. "Sketh" is naughty alright. ;-)

I must say, looking at this picture some more, you really truly have captured claustrophobia on film. I'm not a particularly claustrophobic person (except for elevators, but that's a different story ;-)) but this one does make my heart pound faster. Do you happen to remember how narrow, in retrospect, this hallway was? I know it was a long time ago so I'm not supposing you might, but who knows what the mind can recall? Some strange things to be sure!

I really do love this shot...any chance this will be made into a wallpaper, Motts? I could stare at it all day. I want to live there, just as it is now, the building is so full of charm, even though it may look scary to the untrained eye.

I remember when I was little and seeing those things at the dry cleaner, I was ALWAYS thinking how I could sneak back there and how much fun it would be to catch a ride! lol

Actually, in the end it is rather disrespectful. You're ruining beautiful photo opportunites and destroying what this site honors.

I know you're starving for attention, but can't you get it in real life rather than over the internet?

And in regards to something not being there forever...nothing is here forever. If by some miracle you acquire a new Mercedes, are you gonna throw bricks at it and spray paint it because "it won't be there forever?" I supe hope not.