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Rust makes this iron-work even more appealing and as you would stand here it seems as if you could take crispy-clean air into your lungs. Beautiful!
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Loooove the angle and the lightling. BEAUTIFUL.

Thank-you for the new gallery, Motts!
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Love the lighting in this one.
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The pillars in this place are stunning.
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Whoa- that thing's scary! Amazing, though. . .
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Love the view and the lighting looking down! Nice banister!
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I love the red and green tones and the shadows growing in that corner.
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Yay! A new Gallery! Love the history you collected on this one Motts. 1st pic is lovely with the scrolling rod iron balcony!
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Jeez, the view is great! <3
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Some of the residents used magazine pictures to comprise their "family" albums. Usually, by the time someone is institutionalized, they have burned all their bridges and have very little contact with their families. Back so long ago their was very little understanding or tolerance for mental illness. People were expected to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps".
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They only want to commit people that are a danger to themselves for others. The goal is to move people up to the level to be able to live in the least restrictive setting. Only when they closed down facilities did they realize how short of housing they were for these people.
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Cool...too bad about the grafitti...
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Beautiful!
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So is that brick actually the ceiling or is it from the floor upstairs? Have to excuse my ignorance, but I am having a hard time getting my head around the fact that there is bricks "hanging" up there!
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Did there used to be some type of frosted glass in the doors or did they just knock out the center wood panel.