92 Comments Posted by mammabear

Mr. Motts, I'm curious...I know you never take anything from these places, but are you ever tempted to take a souvenier when you know it will be your last visit? And by the way, thank you for another wonderful gallery.

They look like they're praying.

It is such a horrible waste. I'm sure it was just too expensive to move it. Moving a piano is such a big production, and costly.

I wish it were possible to see a time lapse of the detirioration of these buildings.

How profoundly sad that someone was so alone that his/her body was forgotton in a morgue. Forgotten in life and in death. My Grandmother suffered from dimentia and died in a nursing home, howling. I was there, and I will never forget that sound, the look on her face, the way she looked when life finally, mercifully left her, or the thought that went through my mind as I held her hand: it's not at all like it looks in the movies.
An example of how evocative your photos are for me, Mr. Motts.

I keep noticing the light fixtures, they're so perfect and the celing around them has crumbled away over the years.

I love your caption as much as the photo, Mr. Motts. Do you write at all?

I love the tree outside the window. I've kind of got a thing for skeletal trees. This one looks like it's grinning.

I love this shot. Stunning.

It looks as smooth as an ice rink. I bet you really could ice skate up there.

While we're on the subject of food...I just wanted to say I especially like the shots in your other galleries of the kitchen areas of these old structures, Mr. Motts. I have been a line cook for many years, it's very interesting to see the older set ups; hoods, ovens from decades ago, sinks and prep tables. A lot of the equipment I've worked with in various places is very old, as restaurant equipment is EXTREMELY expensive and not easily replaced. I can almost hear and see the ghosts of past cooks shouting, trays and utensils clanking when I see the images you've captured. I have salvaged equipment that has sat and corroded in disused places before, so to see those photos evokes sounds, smells, textures, and feelings for me. I also wanted to share something that I'm sure does not occur to people who are not in the business...cooks in general have an enormous responsibility to handle food properly to avoid making someone ill or in some extreme cases, killing someone. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen, usually the very young or very old. Cooks in a hospital have an even bigger responsibility because so many patients are on restrictive diets, and they are 100% resposible if they feed someone something they should not have. That is why ordering food in a hospital takes SO long. When I see photos of the old kitchens and dining areas, it makes me wonder about the systems they used back then, everything being hand written, with no computers to make things more efficient. Sorry for rambling...I know there's no kitchen shots in this gallery, but I was looking at the other KP galleries and came across a few.

It looks to me like there was a light behind Motts when he took this one, I see what I think is his shadow in the picture. It does have a very eerie effect, it looks like an apparition.

Thanks Marie:)

I'm glad it was winter when these were taken, it wouldn't have the same effect if the trees had leaves on them.

That is so lucky, it really made these shots special. I love the shots you took looking up at the buildings from the ground. You can't see where the building ends because of the fog, it looks like it just stretches on forever. So far, I think the fog shots are my favorite.