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Amazing, Motts.

A book? A sure-fire hit!! I'd buy one for myself and several for gifts. Pleeeeezzzzz, Motts!

...and the rest of us could see that same scene and all we'd see is raggedy-ass curtains and a wet floor. You rock, Motts!

Phenomenal to think many of these places were pitch black and you had to light what little you could, not even seeing all of it, and still making something so beautiful in each shot and out of someplace so sad. Better than the restof us can do in broad daylight , hot equipment and every advantage. Every advantage, that is, except your genius.

Something's been rattling around in the back of my mind as I look at all these eerily beautiful pix, like I've seen this before -- you know, like one of those dreams but you're not sure if it was a dream or real? -- and seeing this one's ethereal ruined splendor, I know what it is: it reminds me reallly strongly of photos of the interior of the sunken Titanic!

i love this place. i live like 5 mins from byberry. i ust went there last night. people say its scary but i've been goin there for 4 years. i know everything about byberry.

p.s. goddog, buck, and luck we most hang out again sometime

Jesus H. Christ -- pitch black -- means you don't even really know what you're gonna see -- and they turn out like this???!!! Motts, you make Ansel Adams look like Olan Mills!

Looks like a giant jack-o-lantern looming out of the gloom at the end of the corridor!

A Shaker mental hospital? Beautiful gorgeous shot!

God, Mr. Motts -- you are a total, total genius.

I agree, Twug. I think the answer is directly related to the horsepower between their ears: have you ever noticed that NOT ONE OF THEM can ever spell worth a damn???

http://www.mentalfloss.com/

These photos are visual poetry.

RIVERSIDE IS A MUST SEE! AS ANY KIRKBRIDE IS. BUT HERE YOU GET BONUS NEWER BUILDINGS WHICH ARE INCREDIBLE ALSO. SEE MOTTS' LAST PIC.

AND PEOPLE WANT TO DESTROY THIS! THE SAME PEOPLE WOULD DESTROY A REUBENS PAINTING, A MICHELANGELO STATUE, OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY THINK IS'NT USEFUL. AND THEY WOULD STILL SLEEP GOOD. GOOD LUCK OLD MAIN! I AM SURE GLAD YOU STUCK AROUND FOR THE LAST FEW OF US TO SEE.