not sure if this is true, but i heard that the fashion designer arnold scassi lives across the river in manhattan and has views of the hospital and for many years wished for it to be lit at night...eventually he provided the financing for it to be lit.
I know in the case of the town that I live in, places sit for so long unattended because it costs too much to tear them down. There's a factory a few minutes from my house that sits with the roof laying on the third floor. A few feet back in the woods, was another factory that just recently was demolished because it had been set on fire twice. It's crazy because last year, the Urban Renewal Authority aquired a 142 year old house (in suprisingly good condition) by eminent domain and tore it down. The historical society tried like like hell to save it. We collected petitions and protested outside the house, but to no avail.
I like these kinds of places too. I went in a house a month ago that was like this. It was in really good shape for a house that was 100+ years old. I think it was the fact that it sits right beside a hospital on a busy road... people aren't apt to go inside. Apparently someone decided to break in because they kicked in one of the doors. I had been waiting to see the inside of that house for years, but I refuse to B&E. Although I didn't like the fact that someone broke in it, I was grateful for a chance to see the inside.
It appears as if it is someone with long dark hair ether walking up the attic steps either with something slung over the shoulder or someone sitting against the wall with their arm over their knee. You can only view it threw the sun light streaming in. WHAT A WONDERFUL SHOT!
Hell has not an escape route! No matter which plan of existence it is on, so if you intend to visit, intend on taking up residency, for Hell has neither an escape route nor a ladder.
This is an old mechanical hydraulic cradle lift - see at this site: http://www.spectrummedicalinc.com/dme/lftpat/index.htm
You put the sling around the person, attach it to the lift, crank them up into the air using the hydraulic lift, move the lift to where ever you want the person to be, and position the person over where you want to place them - the bed, the bathtub, the toilet, their wheelchair, etc. You lower them, detach the sling, and voila! Here you are - not dropped and staff with no back problems!