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Even here I can remember being in awe when we went to Mass about its grandier.
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Went to school there as it closed in 1969. The chapel was unusually beautiful! So sad.
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Looking for the bracket to mount Ice-O-Mat on the wall.
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Hey Motts!
Quick question- were you able to get the attic looking hole in the ceiling?
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This could have been a storage area for the flags (alphabet and numbers) used in the martiome trade for sending messages and/or identifying one4's self.
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Hey Tiny, no need to be a dick. Looks like anything from the picture.
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Strange how some abandoned buildings end up occupied with a lot of cats while others don't. I remember seeing dozens, if not hundreds, of cats at Letchworth Village as well.
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I've stayed in a hotel in PA that had the same bath. I think the sea shell shelves are just décor...something festive for such a macabre place. Really cool pic.
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@Chrys & @Motts. Update: The latest from the NYCEDC website says that now the theatre has been resheduled to reopen in 2015.

WOW! This theatre is stunningly beautiful! There's just so much to look at and admire at every turn! Like many, I too am thrilled that it is being restored instead of being demolished, or just left to rot.
Ephemera: Red Velvet Paradise
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I'm really glad that you returned, Motts! However, your months long hiatus did give me the opportunity to check out all the photo galleries on your site before you posted new ones. You see, I first discovered your site in the Summer of 2012. Now I'm hopelessly hooked on it! : )
Ephemera: Resurrection
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Amazing. Love your photography. Makes me shed reality a bit. Thank you.
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Went there today. if only I could post a pic of what it looks like now. I had to climb on a window to get to these steps because the bottom half of the steps are totally collapsed.
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I found this website earlier today and decided to venture to Ellicott City for a look at this place. Sadly, these teacups were nowhere to be found. Whether the summer flora had disguised most of the park under the brush or the construction crew that tore down most of the theme park had already removed them, our search did not prove fruitful. T'was fun, nonetheless. Only the castle, gingerbread house and swamp remain. The ruin has been ruined. Better luck with our next trip, hopefully!
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Yeah, it's a fire extinguisher. The skinny cylinder is a compressed air bottle. The fat red one holds water (that gets shot out by the compressed air).
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This motor-generator set looks as if it might be one of the rotary frequency converters put in to allow the use of 25 Hz AC (for distribution to DC streetcar substations) on the regular grid. I used to work at the Pratt Street Station (Hard Rock Café) and everything we generated (25 Mw @ 25 Hz) got sent to the Westport "freq house" to make it usable. There should have been a few more of these in that room. No?