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These places were built with the patient's well being thought of first and foremost... rural campuses, well ventilated buildings and wide open spaces were considered to be important factors in treating psychotic disorders.

Built before modern lighting and plumbing, many pipes and wires needed to be retrofitted into these old buildings, and rather than place drop ceilings in, they were left exposed (thank god - drop ceilings look terrible).

Nah, that'd take away the fun of it all ;-)

Yes, it's a friend.

looks as if they are just waiting to be used.

zippyjet did you ever work at the Pines? How do you know so much about it? Can you elaborate a bit more?

It's in the Catskills NYS

The Pines was one of the grande old resorts in the Catskills. From the 30's until the early 60's resorts such as the Pines were all inclusive and were the number one vacation choice for folks from the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland areas. These resorts featured the current popular entertainment of the day. Up and coming comics cut their teeth in the Catskills. The Catskill's audiences were the toughest critics. The Pines is/was located in the small Catskills town of South Fallsburg, N.Y. Approx. a 2.5 hour drive from Gotham (without traffic) and approx 5 hours from the Baltimore Washington area. Changing tastes, culture and the icreasing popularity of commercial air travel were the death knell for the classic Catskill's resorts . Why sit in a car for 2.5 hours when you could hop a jet plane and be in Miami , Fl. in a little less time? The Pines hung on through the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. Charter groups, senior citizens and singles weekends enabled this resort and others like the Concorde to limp along until the inevitble. The fate of these resorts demonstrate that nothing lives forever. :-(

Lynne,
I agree with you wholeheartedly there... before my father passed away, while he was in the hospital, they had his hands tied with a posey. He fought so hard for so long to get his hands free, I believe he used his strength up and had no fight left for fighting for his life. It was very sad and difficult to watch.

;-)

8-x

how would the entity/ghost know it was for him / her?

Andrew - do you mean the entire housing turns around while the two fans are spinning?

Those bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope every one of them is haunted!

We will just have to look for Moe and Curley, I'm sure Larry isnt too far behind........

~Me!!!!!! lol, yes she did!!!

This fan is most likely something from the early 20th century, probably between 1905 and 1920. The make is westinghouse, it is known as a gyro fan. The whole thing rotates.