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wat is with the apperition on the left of the screan maybe it was a patient trying to find its way out

it looks like one of the seven dourves

this looks like a old shower room were they would walk down the stair well and take really long showers

maybe it was a place that the children would be sooooo bad that they were tourtured with the toys that they wished that they had but did not

i think that all childeren should be able to go outside and play so that they don't become more retarted maybe that is the reason that a lot of people there were mentaly retarted

so do i it is really sad sad sad sad sad sad

Mr Death,
I was a patient there from 5284 and on Ward D, and I live in Waltham, Mass and have since I was 11yrs old when I went there, and I can tell you that yes the building is gone, I have pictures of it on my facebook of you want to see them, the City of Waltham paid Testa Corp to take the building down because of the high levels of asbestos and lead paint, they did want to put it to good use like a childrens center but, it was going to cost way to much, they will eventually build on that property land, and it will most likely be condos. I have 2 girls in the Waltham school system and know everything that just about that goes on in the city. Gaebler was a sad place for us kids to be in, the abuse we endured was unbearable and no kid should have ever had to go thru that kind of abuse, I am appalled that the dept of mental health thought this was a good place for chldren, they actually encouraged the abuse, sick sick sick people. I am on facebook if you want to see the picutes, Michelle Woods-Godfroy and request to be my friend. I also have videos of the place, and I have been at Gaebler with Boiler1220 quite a few times, inside and out and watched he demised of the building be taken down, and somehow I thought if the building was gone, I would have clousure, but, that's not the case, I feel like a part of me is gone with that building and wish they didn't take it down, they should have paid the money and done something good with it for children like they were going to so us kids that were patients there could see that we weren't forgetten and that we did actually matter.

Nicely composed, great array of textures!

Egads, I love this picture.

Definitely not stolen goods. No one would steal those, as they have almost no resale value in today's market. (Someone mentioned donating them to unfortunate families, and I must note that I just recently got an apartment through VA housing assistance. I had no furniture - AT ALL - and was given an entire houseful of goods that were all donated. Among those things was a TV that looks *exactly* like these. Good call on the donation idea!)

Combined with the stacked mattresses in back, and the fact that this is an empty building on a partially-active campus, I'd have to say it's probably storage. They're likely moving old TVs out and replacing them with new sets, as well as rotating the mattresses out of circulation for recycling or cleaning. Stands to reason they'd need someplace to store it all until arrangements are made - what better place than an unused building on the property?

Pegasus is one of the people who has insurance. (Or works with people who have insurance.)

For those who don't, Gordon's got the way of it. There's no room in the system for the people who can't pay. Since we don't do long-term psychiatric inpatient rehab anymore, it's "here's the meds, hope you can stay on them" and schedule a checkup in 3-6 months.

That's just reality. And it's partly why we have so many cool galleries on Opacity. Just sayin.

The salvage value of this thing must be way up there. Why they leave these things to just rot away is beyond me.

Anyway, this one looks more intimidating than the minty-green one with the lift chair. (This one also looks a lot more modern.)