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the fence was up in Oct of 2011 when I was there but it doesn't stop diehards from VIEWING the old girl

Just like BlueSkyes said--at the place I used to work, they would introduce people going into group homes using family member terms. They're foster family after all.

The trees impressive, but I think the gothic revival hood is durn pretty too.

Were I used to work, we had rooms just about like this for people who couldn't stand. They were washed up (by us) in specialized wheel chairs or gurneys. That's why the space is so big--moving a gurney around to get it positioned right is a toe-smashing (your toes I mean) prospect.

It loks exactly like teh equipment cleaning room at the place I used to work.

These "pass-boxes" were pretty much indestructible. The (24/7) hospital I worked for installed this same kind in the walls between the darkroom and each x-ray exam room in 1970. We slammed the metal film cassettes (holders) into them with great force as that was the only way to let the person inside know that there was film to develop. Thirty six years later we switched to digital imaging (no film) and the pass-boxes were still in good shape with virtually no visible damage and very little loss of paint. The only service I recall them needing was the occasional tightening of the screw that held the handle on.

Very, very pretty.

Cold, really? With the golden mirror image of the outside windows on the wall, it seems warm to me.

"i would guess the yellow paint was scratched and peeled off and the red was beneath it."

That's what I was thinking. Red and pinks used to be popular colors (cause they're "warm") for hospitals back in the day.

I love the colors and shapes in this one. It's pretty. Weird and depressing... and pretty...

On the children's wing of the place I used to work, they used cardboard pictures of good and bad behavior, you know, one would show someone helping someone, one would show someone ignoring someone, and they'd ask them to pick out the good kid, the kid you should be like... I wonder if this was once part of a set like those?

I used to work on a brain injury and paralysis ward... Although the place I used to work (obviously) had only one to a room, it had the thick style of toilet, too, for people with balance problems. It was mostly an optical thing, that this style looks sturdier, and of course the more delicate shaped normal toilet isn't going to tip over and is rooted in plumbing--but try explaining that to someone with a lowered IQ! It's just easier to present with with a sturdier looking seat.

Also the lack of TP--a good number where I used to work had to be prompted to wipe anyway, and some had to be checked that they'd done it. And then there were the who would eat it.... You know how it goes soggy so easily? Apparently some of the residents who were orally fixated found that texture appealing and it’s very, very bad for you to eat gobs of paper. Even if you haven't wiped yet...

I've been to Metro State several times. Now only the main building remains, but when we went to check out the new apartments...we noticed that they had just gutted and added to some of the old buildings. How creepy and horrible is that?

Why are there bails of hay in an abandoned sanitarium? Storage?

this is really creepy