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I'm left-handed - it wasn't until I was in college that I knew that left-handed desks were actually built. My entire life was in right-handed desks and I just thought that was the way the world was. In fact, I'd become so accustomed to right-handed desks, when I sat in a left-handed desk in college, I found it awkward feeling. (Ok, so I'm a little weird, lol).

Looks like an ugly florescent light fixture on the ceiling in the center panel. Imagine the ugly harsh light in a room like this. I agree with Rome, there should be a chandelier there.

I started a new job in Ann Arbor in 1996 and stopped on the way home to get some gas (located directly across the street from the hospital). I didn't know this hospital existed and when I turned around to pump the gas, this is the exact view I had. Spooky! And the forensic hospital sign was still there. I made sure to never get gas after dark there.

This room looks like my living room I'm sad to say

Did you figure it out yet Mike?
Follow the conduit at the top above the door in the middle, it drops down to a plug for that AC. You see its an optical illusion, the window it is poking out of is in the same wall that door at the end of the hallway is.

Lights on: always creepy+scary.
No idea what-so-ever how this was used.

How do u get into the building?

Dangerous. Deadly. & there's a reason we arrest people & charge them with criminal trespass- this isn't a victimless crime, this is a huge liability nightmare for the property owner. If somebody gets killed, injured or sick they love to sue, even though its clear to everybody with a lick of sense that they've got no business there, & no trespassing signs are posted. Trespassers think of themselves as victims & want somebody else to pay their bills. They'll lose the case, but a few of those cases a year can bankrupt a company; after all, it's not like they're going to recoup their expenses defending themselves in court from the trespasser!

But hey, the rest of us can enjoy the foolish fruits of trespasser's labour. It's not like we are at risk.

Right on, Dr. Deth! Again..Wal-Mart did NOT storm in and demand this place be torn down. They knew it was coming, so they made an offer and it was accepted. Period.

Nik..I agree with you calling Johnny out..sounds like a crock to me, too.

dme..thanks for those comments. And Lynee..SO glad you can set people straight! People need to remember that times were different when these large institutions were built and put into service. There was a whole different way that people thought of the mentally ill..and it was far from pleasant. They were basically a scourge on society, and these institutions..at least in the beginning..were offering a far better life for the patients, most likely. And unless you yourself was a patient, or you worked there, none of us can judge what it was really like.

Everyone bitches about Wal-Mart buying this place..yes I know that fell through..but even so..the buildings were going to be torn down anyway! Don't get me wrong..I'm one that advocates saving historical buildings..but it's not like Wal-Mart goes around trying to destroy historical places out of spite.

Amazing

Lol @ comments

Lol @ Micki