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I've explored a ton of abandoned places and this is the only place I've ever gotten into any type of trouble. - was greeted with a park policeman w/ a gun when we left the building - - - to be fair, once he lost the whole gun pointed at us thing he was doing, he was quite nice and probably someone I'd have actually liked a lot had I met him in different circumstances. I'm told if the actual police catch you they're quite a bit harder on you, not sure if it's true. (kinda doubt it)



interesting place, not worth it. There are neater places without the hassle

Beautiful!

isnt there another gallery of this hospital with the same type squares scratched into the walls?

Dont be surprised about religion in a Penitentury. Its whole meaning was penance by bible verses, hard manual labor and time alone....

wanderer, my friend, I believe what your referring to is the
physical plant of the college? it is square and concrete, it's roof was a small parking deck. It contained the upgraded [from the 1920's]
utilities for the school. There used to be a giant smokestack that was torn down in the late 1980's.It was probably the ugliest addition to the campus ever, that landscaping never quite mitigated.
nice that you were able to see it again while it all still stands. That is a pleasant time to visit Millbrook.

Not so sure I'd be around when they begin to demo, or that I'd want to be really. I'd bet that Johnny Kading will be there to photo or film that
process, something he has always done when Millbrook tears
down its' history.

The only interesting thing about that would be the ability to see
Halcyon cut in section, however briefly, as they demo. That is, to see
the interiors as they have not been seen, since they were being built
almost 130 years ago. Winding backwards, as it were, from profane
physical fact , back finally, to an ideal on a piece of drafting paper.
Architecture still exists even after it physically disappears.
From a dream in someone's imagination, now back to a dream in
our collective memories. These are the things that draw me, and most of us
i think, to these buildings in the first place. Mott's photos seem to capture that sense of connection particularly well, I think.

I was just thinking earlier the same thing about Lynne. She has been noticebly absent for awhile. Lynne oh Lynne where for art thou? we miss your wonderful input!

Must've been a popular room on taco night.

It's funny how the mat kind of shows how places liked this can be left and not touched for decades, like the person will be back the next day to bathe. I love that kind of thing, seeing things as they were.

Amazing shot o.o
and i agree Stacey. A desk for a mentally disabled person doesnt seem to belong in front of a breaker box. It seems dangerous.

Michael Ramseur is the author.

If you would like to read more history "The Spirit of Antoinette" by Mansur is a great read

come on, come on, where'd i put my lockpicks?

collection number 2... the lone table galleries

someones getting fired.