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Very nice gallery! It is still untouched? I will love to go there!

Thank you bill jones

I grew up on the street where the back entrance connected... less than two minutes walking distance. I can say from personal experience... the place is *weird.*

super amazed at how much this image gets my attention .

just makes you wonder how many people disappear in these galleries. :)

I love taking these shots. People never understand shutter speed and aperture manipulation. haha

this building needs some major repairs. What a shame to see it in this condition. I wish some one would renovate it.

awesome .......

i love the lighting & the terxture...

bennett college is in millbrook ny,
travel east from poughkeepsie ny on rt 44,
come to the light at the junction of rt 44,
county route 82, and county route 343.

Bennett is diagonally northeast from the light, it IS RIGHT there, in winter you can even see it. I am astonished when people can't seem to locate the place! I would discourage people from going in there, you in all probability could be arrested, and it is extremely unsafe anyway.

but what the hell? i enjoy all of your tresspassing adventures vicariously, since
it is certain that if I, pat ratchet, were caught doing so, they would throw the proverbial book at me, with extreme prejudice, for reasons that are crystal clear to anyone who's read previous posts, and for even more
reasons that will never be made public.

In the interest of full disclosure, i must relate
that a signifigant portion of the info i have posted the last 3 and a half years came directly from The Millbrook Round Table.
Through my No-Bullshit lens, of course.

But The Millbrook Round Table has just gone Out of Business. Announced Tuesday, The last issue comes out Tommorrow. Taconic Press, its' publisher has gone bankrupt.
7 other Dutchess County papers under the Taconic umbrella will also fold as a result.
The Millbrook Round Table's demise seems sadder and more shocking I suppose, because all of Taconic's offices countywide
were located in Millbrook; not to mention that it was published continually since the 1890"s.

in terms of sourcing, i have lost my main source of info on proceedings about Halcyon / Bennet. My supplementary conduits derive mainly from discrete gossip
amongst individuals and entities in local construction, real estate, business, and
legal circles. So it could be awhile before
I am able to provide any more scuttlebutt,
as I am prone now to wind down my muckraking, rather than ratcheting it up, so...


let's just say that the local paper going bellyup is a dream come true for the proposal before Millbrook to develop Bennett College. despite their having been practically cheerleaders for the entire scenario, they
were the only check at all on any
of these developments.

for myself on personal level, i am ready this year to become visibly active on my project on James E Ware & Sons, Architects.
I intend to give lectures locally, in anticipation
of publishing material on the subject.
Halcyon Hall and it's history wil be among the centerpieces of these presentations,
as it is within the architects ouevre.
Perhaps this could put a more public face on
Halcyon's continuing saga.

It doesnt look abandoned. It reminds me of a school, I can see kids in uniforms coming out of the arched doors on the way to the next class.

In the far room I can just see a comfy couch and a woman sitting, staring out a window with a cup of coffee in her hand. Like a comfy apartment.

It doesnt *seem* like a basement, definately too cheery. I keep thinking if I looked out one of those windows, we'd be on a second floor and looking down.

I wonder how deep that water is? I'd hate to fall in!

Great gallery. I just came back from a trip to an amusement park and had waited to view these photos so I could do a comparison. Again, wonderful pictures!

I've only posted here a few times, but I gotta say, I love reading these posts. Like someone already said, usually I have to jump back up to the shot to see something I missed the first time. I find most of the comments witty and fun. While I love love love the pictures, the comments are half the fun of this site.