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Thank you for the critical comments, I always take them into consideration and look forward to reading any well founded opinion.

Heh don't worry Jeremy, that's not you...

That's OK ~Me, there is nothing wrong with a little nibble every now and then.

oh yes, and a beautiful panorama at that! i was making reference to the horizon line cutting the photograph in half, iow, running through the horizontal center of the picture. my father was a photographer, and so i was i once, years ago, so i have a very critical opinion regarding photography (actually art in general, esp. music). i was referring to the "rule of thirds". so whenever i praise motts for his beautiful work it is with a "jaundiced eye", so to speak.... my compliments aren't to be taken lightly.....

thank you, my dear twug, for pointing that out, though. i am sure that there are some who might have missed the panoramic view if it weren't for your post.

such a peaceful view of the area, it is indeed VERY picturesque! :)

You're right, that morgue is in the old hospital building.

A really good one...

I just love these long hallways!

Looks pretty uninviting to me...

There is a definite forboding to the area around Pennhurst , even though there is the armored guard and the Vet. Hospital within walking proximity. I don't know if any of the buildings are even in good enough shape to restore. The main and back drives up to the facility are so overgrown and hard to reach that once you come up upon Pennhurst itself it is almost like this huge ruin in the middle of nowhere. I wonder why after all of these years it is still standing. I remember as a child we would have to drive up to pick my Grandmother up from work and the more functional of the residents were outside taking in the air, going for walks, etc. I was only ever in the administrative building, but back in the early 70s it was ver hospital like in comparison to the pictures on this site which just make it look teriffying, which I am sure in some situations it was. What must have been difficult for alot of these people was the way they were put into group homes after being in Pennhurst their entire lives. There were 3 gentlemen that lived on my block when I was growing up who spent their entire life in Pennhurst and they were fully functioning adults who loved to talk to anyone who would say hello to them. I think that they were and even considered themselves outcasts. I think that if they do anything with Pennhurst that it would be a wonderful to open a part of the facility as a memorial to the people who lived, worked and died here.

The Salesian mansion looked much like this before the wall finally gave up the ghost.

Going down?

Such a beautiful shade of blue!I wouldn't mind being on a ward painted that color ;)

I had to look hard for a minute to see the "ghost"- it was fun until i read the comment,hehe

I saw the flames too!

This pic looks like it could easily be a storyboard for a Tool video.