289 Comments Posted by sandy

My Dad..who is now in his 60s..contracted polio at the age of 3. Luckily he survived, and was not forced to use an iron lung..however, one of his legs is very small, and he has always walked with a limp. He was in the hospital for almost 2 years! Now, polio sufferers are seeing problems arise from the polio as they age. He comes from a large family, and strangely enough, he was the only one who got it. He said that for the years that polio was a threat..the swimming pools were closed, kids didn't go to movies..anything public was off limits. What a scary way to live!

Just beautiful. Gorgeous gallery, Motts.

This type of architecture truly is a lost art in my opinion. I'm not saying by any means that today's architects aren't talented..I believe they just don't have anything to work with. Everything today is done as cheaply as possible, and results in basically crap buildings. It's such a shame. They really did build things to last back in the day.

Binky..my sisters and I had a lawn dart set..it was called "Jarts". Funnily enough..all 3 of us lived to tell about it..

Dumb question..was there a wall to the left of the staircase at one time? Or is there a staircase that was there at one point? Dumb..I know!

I would SO love to see what these stores looked like in their prime. I can just imagine how beautiful it all was!

Actually the orange material reminds me of the bedspreads from the 70s. Chenille? I think that's what they were!

LOL @KahunaTony! I thought the same thing..wow..that's major security with that board across the door...

I actually LOVE those chairs! Any idea what era they would be from? 40s or 50s maybe?

LucieLou you are right..I had paper dolls like these when I was a little kid.

N..that's kind of what I thought, too. At least if you call for prices, they get you a little more involved, because if you saw the price online, you'd probably pass out!

What a lovely shade of urine yellow...

I was thinking that too, Pavchka..that they figured the inmates couldn't reach around and open the cell with some sort of key.

Between the "I hate everyone" on one wall, and the Nazi Swastika on the other wall, you can really feel the love, lol!

I saw the REDRUM right away..maybe I'm warped, lol!