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Thanks for posting this.
Ephemera: A Peaceful War On Mental Institutions via NPR
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maybe i will be in
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it's great
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i hope someone could keep you stay ,
maybe her arms are warm..
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Here are a few videos I found on Youtube of this park:
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com...&feature=related
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com...&feature=related
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com...&feature=related
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this is an amazing capture :)
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Wow this is a great photo :) it emphasises the vibrant history of this building. the contrast of the fresh evergreens to the aging abandoned building really adds to the eeireness of it
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I love this cite. I have been following Mott's pictures for a long time. I have never posted, but had to tell you, you people are plain stupid. Why don't you all read before you post. You may just learn something.
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Motts this is my fave gallery I love the history in these photos very inspiring i have to say would love to know where it is but understand and agree with your reasons
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A couple of things here:
1 - first, what the hell were the point of these paintings? Comfort? Security, a sense of family?
2- If you are to make institutional murals, why would the characters be bathing? Weird
3- Why do they look so twisted?
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From a philosophical standpoint, instituional murals such as theses (the animals and the happy sunshine) might attempt to fill the abscence of a parents love for their child while locked away here.
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I am going to college right around the sterling, and the back building is torn down, partially at least, but I have heard that demolition became too expensive, and was stopped. Most of the building still stands. The outside looks almost exactly the same as the pictures. Most buildings in the town of Wilkes-Barre are abandoned.
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I came up with this idea where the kids from the Disneyland Fun Sing Along video rode the carousel at Rocky Point. It does sound a bit weird, but I made it take place in 1990. What do you think of this idea? Do you like it???
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It would be cool to view this from the inside out.
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I spent a good many hours in the 50's and 60's crawling, climbing around these concrete monuments. The stairs were somewhat passable but rotting away. Near there somewhat west of the main wall was the remains of a Fresh Air camp used in the 30s the pool was all choked with trees.

Any one with half an active imagination could conjure all sorts of games to play in the ruins.