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Oh yeah... and basement photos/floor plans would be great also! :3

Nice footage Christina. Although seeing them makes me weep, such a tragic building. It isn't like some kind of scandal happened here, or half of it burnt down. It was abandoned completely, the bank that had the deed more than likely collected insurance from it which is why they let it get in bad condition in the first place. Darn Banks! Also, I am from Vermont I have never seen Halcyon Hall in real life. I saw her on Reddit one day, went to read up about it and then fell in love with Halcyon Hall, now it is kind of an obsession.

As Pat is talking about chance of becoming ill in this building, it is very very true and I wouldn't even step near it without a mask. Aside from that... there are also considerable dangers inside of it that could easily get you killed. I've heard stories of people falling through two floors, and I believe a case where someone had to be rescued. But it literally is a death trap... I'd love to go in it though before/if the state gets them to demolish it finally.

As for my minecraft creation, it is pretty much done, I'll be posting a youtube video of it this week. I'll link it here also.

Aside from that, is there anyone that could please take pictures ( like today ) of Halcyon Hall dormer side wing? ( I can never remember which is east and which is west wing ) You know the one where the dormer walkway attaches from the side? The left side of the photo in this page. I want photos of current images of it before the greenery starts exploding.

Celeste, where are you from? That MineCraft Bennett is AMAZING. I've always wanted to do something like that in the Sims ,but I'm terrible at building in video games.

Professor girl
I know! I bid the boiler demo. I was there for a lot of it

Ha my friends in one cause hes scuicidal im scared for him

I found out that my grandmother may have had a brother there and my parents received a phone call asking if she could come visit him before he died but she was blind and was not able to make the trip even if my Dad took her. My Dad never knew anything about him until this and now my Mom doesn't remember his name. My grandmother never discussed these things with anyone. If anyone has a list or a way to get records it would be appreciated. ladynurse_13662@yahoo.com

This is where they kept the kids yes, but there was also an adolescent unit at met state that was separate from this as well.

well taken advice PR - Celeste and waiting with bated breath for the final project

That would be a great wallpaper.

You have to remember that when these insitiutions were built, many before the turn of the 20th Century, there was no such thing as central heat, central air conditioning and electric lighting that could be turned on with the flip of a switch. Many places were fitted with gas lamps and chandeliers for lighting, and these fireplaces helped to heat the massive rooms. The ceilings were usually 15' high or more so I imagine it was difficult to heat and probably very draughty in the dead of winter. I read in one institutions history where they had an ice house and would manufacture and cut huge blocks of ice to put in front of fans to cool the buildings in summertime. Thank god for modern inventions and retrofitting that made these places just a little bit more livable.

I'm glad you like the footage, I'm working on filming a full documentary about Bennett. If there is anyone on here that would be willing to let me interview them, just let me know.

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Smokestack At Former Kings Park Psychiatric Center Demolished
March 27, 2013 2:33 PM
kings Park Psychiatric Center smokestack (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
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Implosion, King's Park Psychiatric Center, Mike Xirinachs, Sophia Hall, Stephen Weber
KINGS PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – An iconic structure at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center has been brought down.

Demolition experts used 27 sticks of dynamite strategically placed at the base of the 220-foot brick smokestack to take down the decades-old structure, WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs reported.

The ground shook and some onlookers screamed as the smokestack went down.


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Smokestack At Former Kings Park Psychiatric Center DemolishedWCBS 880's Sophia Hall Reports
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Many residents who grew up in the shadow of the smokestack said it’s like saying goodbye to an old friend.

WARNING: Graphic Language


“It’s been there for a while so there’s some sentimental value there,” one man said. “I’m going to miss it.”

“I worked there for a while, my parents worked there, anybody that has grown up in the town has in some way been connected to that hospital,” another man said.


Kings Park Psychiatric Center smokestack to be demolished (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
Local historian Stephen Weber said he’s sad to see the landmark go.

“Because in many ways, even before GPS, that’s how you navigated. You looked for the tower and it helped you navigate. It saved many a fisherman way before the times of radar and other things and it was always a part of our community,” Weber told WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall.

Others think the structure is an eyesore and are happy to see it go.

“Being as close as we are to it we’re all happy to see it go,” one man said. “That’s a part of our time a lot of us would like to forget.”

The implosion is part of ongoing demolition of the center which closed in 1996.

enjoyed that footage alot, i'd say it is the most recent filming i have
seen.

it seems to also convey the danger of entering the building. It really is quite hazardous. Not just the very real possibility of falling through floors, or collapsing debris, but the atmosphere is extremely toxic,
and rife with asbestos and other super fine particulate matter, as well as decades old mold, mildew, and fungus cultures, pigeon shit
[pigeons loved this place from as soon as it was abandoned.]

I have seen deer living in this building. Almost 20 years ago, no less.
We discovered racoon dens. In the summer there are bees nests EVERYWHERE. It is kind of a Marlon Perkins Wild Kingdom from
the apocalypse. Very much like the TV show "Life After People" .Sounds gnarly and goth or whatever, but i implore
everyone or anyone tempted to go in here-
1 Don't
2 If you must, Do Not Go Alone!
3 If you go, WEAR A RESPIRATOR!!! An OSHA Approved for
Fine Particulate Matter model. Please. If you do not, and stay
for more than a few minutes, I promise you, you will get very very
sick.Heed the advice of myself and other posters through the years; the asbestos is bad enough, but compound that with the
bacterial danger, and you are tempting fate. this place may look cool,
but it is a festering cauldron of toxic disease and misery.

As much as I loved exploring, i content myself with Mott's photos.
Hats off, man. You provide a priceless vicarious thrill.

O.o autoguy...whoa now.

Purple dancing hamsters now? Really?

Heehee.
~LG

Love this shot. So haunting. Thank you.