8 Comments Posted by em

I see this building everyday. It is far from being structural. But this use to be a steel town and most of the city is this way. Any thing that would be structural sound on restoring anything in this town would be a waist of time and effort. I have explored a few buildings they smell of homeless people. I believe you can see this place in the movie OG or Original Gangster. It is a shame just because it looks like it was a beautiful building at one time. But when the steel mills laid off people and people needed work they left.

Update as of July 2014: Sadly, the mural room has been defaced by vandals. I've interviewed a few historians from Kings Park. The Crosby claim is an interesting part of the history of the place: some people believe Crosby to be the painter because he is actually depicted in the mural, as the figure with the ascot. The figures seem to match Crosby's style, especially the noses, which mark his signature style. However, I interviewed a man who worked in 93 and actually met Crosby a few times, and he believed that Crosby was too frail and manic to have painted the mural. It is a possibility that the mural was painted by someone who was tutored by Crosby, as he still sketched and painted during his stay at the hospital. Unfortunately, it's unlikely that we will have an answer now that the mural has been destroyed. I'm glad these pictures exist, because they're preserving a part of the hospital's history.

Looks like it could be an A to the left of the S...Do you think they were spelling PLEASE?

God that's horrifying

Looks like a cobblestone roadway in place to lead you into the building

poor puppy

Store - short for storage

I was talking to a man today. When he was younger he used to have and go sing to the people in there. He told me some stuff about how creepy it was. Even when it was open. He told me the main thing he remmebrs about it is the smell. I guess it had a really high strong smell oh piss. I feel bad for him.

A store for insain people.
How nice
But thats really creepy at the same time