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Those chairs where also had a matching pedistool table that were full with sand so the clients couldnt pick them up and hit you with them-my dad worked there!

Here's a post of an ex-employee likening the conditions in the Orleans / Walters Building to the bedlam at Byberry:
http://markhamsbehavio...d-in-horrifying.html

There's lots of things that can go wrong; I've had just about all of those issues occur somewhere (except for the channeling)... they can be thought of as learning experiences; eg. how do I prevent this from happening again? I think it's best to keep the dangers in mind, but not to worry about it so much you don't have a good time.

Well I'm glad to say there aren't many bugs in abandoned places above ground, so you can scratch that one off your list! :-)

Interesting, I wonder why they changed it. Any idea what year it closed? I was guessing during the mid-1990s.

Looks like some fire damage.

What are the factoids? There's always a great amount of guessing made at these abandoned places because most of us have never seen them in operation, so that's all we can do...

all of this property is now owned by the Al Sigl Center. But, it was all owned & Operated by the State/Rochester Psychiatric Center at one time....including all the property where the "Science Park" is now on the south end of South Avenue.

gordan & pagasus...unfortunately, you're borth correct...there is the "hope" and the "reality"....

i work at RPC...and it amazes me the crap the state left behind instead of selling or donating...

that looks like it's in the old kitchen, off the dock of the rear of the building... correct?

do you ppl know how much contaminates you're inhaling when you enter these sites? Asbestos for one...

the original name of the building was the Orleans building. It was changed in the late 80's or early 90's.

A classik find and great detail as well!!!!

Beautiful capture Motts!!!!

Serenity now, insanity later!