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electricians call the lower light a "jelly jar". they make great drinking glasses when your poor.

@shsheek - from what I know of Mr. Motts, he's not the type to "pose" things...I'd be very surprised if he did set this up.

This is beautiful! : )

It looks so alone and lost...As if it's mourning and pining for the old days when it was well used and lcared for.

Extrodinary!

Creepy!

You should make this a wallpaper. I would put it on my mom's computer with a caption "I'm watching you".

Pookie,it WAS in fact thorazine.Thats what they gave us.I remember one girl,whom they always gave the maximum dose of thorazine,and always had to give her benadryl on top of it because the thorazine wasn't "enough".They didnt seem happy unless we were pretty well zombified.

I thought it was surrounded by water, with the first floor window as a reflection. Took me a minute to see a hole.

Omg!! Willie!! Pookie,you were probably there with me.He actually got me out of that place for a day,and took me to a yankees game at fenway,probably my only good memory from that hell hole.I dont remember ANY paintings in the gym,they must have made an attempt at cheering it up some in its last days.I remember lots of roller skating/hockey and lacrosse,especially the lacrosse,as those balls hurt like hell getting bounced off the walls in there.
Please,someone let me know if its still standing,i would love to get one last look and take some photos.

I was on ward d 83-85.I love these pictures,very good job.Brings back a lot of memories and feelings.Its true as someone said in another post,that you really don't have friends like the friends you made there.I still remember a few staff that made it a little better there,like Maria on ward D.I also remember "chris",the big guy with the horrible nylon pants that always made that sound when he walked,and probably should have been a patient there himself.He loved to egg kids on,and call"all availables" for the slightest look or thought,not to mention the way he looked at us girls. I actually broke out of there one night,we had got the window lose over time in our room,and tied a bunch of sheets together,then to a bed,and scaled down the wall.made it to belmont/cambridge before getting picked back up.Let me know if anyone remembers this,especially susan/sarah.

Where's the dust? In all of these, I see no dust...

WOW! What a striking shot! It speaks... volumes. Truly stunning.

Your whole series here is amazing, but I gotta tell ya, the images kinda creep me out... looks like the opening scene in some horror-mystery flick... lights are on but nobody's home kinda thing... "where have all the children gone, long time passing..." Sort of like everyone vanished in mid-stride.

I can almost see a codgity old nurse looking in through that window... spooky! Stunning pic, excellent shadow play!