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I love this, was this shot in IR?

you know, this building (once restored) would make great boutique accommodation for rich people. mmm, me thinks there's money to be made here!!

i think the name of this picture pertains to the towel rails on each side of the sink, they look a bit like wings....

oooh roundy windows!!!

Good place for a homeless shelter getting people back on their own feet, or a place to rent rooms to people trying to get their lives back together after this horrible recession.

the funeral pyre.

Laws and acceptance of people is so different today than it was in the past. I worked at a State School/Developmental Center in the 1970s. This would have been a standarized goal plan to get someone to eat.

In the past anyone developmental disability was not accepted in society so often people took their children to these centers because they were forced to lest it hurt the rest of the family in moving forward. Societies views of people, and the people that bore them was horrendous.

There are even cases of children being left at these centers when money was short in families and then the State not giving them back when the family was back on level footing.

Wives were also often taken to these centers when a man wanted to move on to a new woman but didn't want to deal with a divorce. Until the late 1970s, a woman was still basically the property of her husband in many ways. He could have her confined on the word of one physician buddy.

There were horrible times in the past, and wokring at one of these institutions was a very depressing and demanding time. You felt bad, but could only do so much. Reagan cut funding in the 1980s which caused many of them to close. Unfortunately, it also left many with no where to go, hence the number of homeless we now have on our streets.

I worked in the state school system in NY state, I am betting this was used for sterilizations.

The Emerald Tablet, perfect quote for this great picture.

great!

I just noticed that myself looked like the exit sign was lit up so evidently there was power still active in the building someplace

That's us Brit's for you. The glass is'nt half full or empty. It's just a glass. Anyway, amazing pictures! Wish I had such talent :)

I wouldnt mind going and exploring around this place myself, if i knew where it was and if it wasnt too far away from me
I went and checked out the old rope factory of hooven alison thise office are remins me of some of their rooms..though not quite as fancy
if anyone knows where this place is here email me busterdoberman@yahoo.com thanks

max (ceo Night rangers paintball/explore group)

*chills*

That could be challenging emzroz since Byberry was demolished in 2006. Just sayin...