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such vivid and striking colors, the colored window tops look out of place, yet somehow fit in... I know that doesnt ,make sense........

the word "Attention" comes to mind here.....

ICF-MR stands for "Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded". Could this have been a plan to convert the building into one?

Urgh.... how deppressing and bleak this building is

How fitting to be found in a place like this

This is very sad to me.....the patients probably didn't get much entertainment as it was....wish I could see this room for myself. I love old theaters .

Lol... it certainly does

So . . . how many more people have to say something about purchasing a book to get you started looking at this seriously? ;-)
Let's go!

Love it

heh... now this is my kinda pic

Beautiful

I too would willingly purchase a book with these pics...

Personally.... I have never been able to explore a place with such a brutal history as an abandoned mental institution- since there dont seem to be many which I know of in the UK.

Yet, in some places... such as old castles and old homes- i almost feel the walls and foundations themselves reflect past lives and emotions of people who have stayed there.
I once took a stroll through an old farmhouse.. where for a moment- I had the uncomfortable feeling I was being watched, and for a moment my girlfriend thought she saw a young girl sitting in a corner.

We decided to leave and whether i could call this experience "supernatural", Im not sure- but I wont be forgetting that intense, dark aura we both felt that night any time soon.

This shot scares me- it seems sinister, yet has some sort of beauty to it at the same time.

The news story about Pennhurst showed children strapped (more like shackled) to cribs like these with flies all over them. In one image, a fly strip hung above the crib. It looked like a scene from a third world country.