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so many of the pictures on this entire site are just awesome there quality. This one is my current wallpaper lol

Millbrook has its' collective panties in a bunch over Bennett College. Village Attorneys Rich Olson and Rich Cantor have redrafted the villages' Unsafe Building Code,
to make them less liable for not tearing down
an unsafe building. The board will now officially demand of Louis Heithaus, the properties' developer, and David Blumenthal,
the developer, that they immediately tear down Halcyon Hall. Skip Ciferri seems to be leading the charge on that aspect. I am
unsure if Contento Corporation is still under contract for the demolition of Halcyon Hall.

Village Trustee George Whalen said
:We're all of the opinion now that safety is more important than expense...I think within the calendar year here we should have this figured out." All of a sudden, after 3 plus fuckin decades. safety compliance has suddenly become good for Business! Hoho ho...
The most obvious confluence of conflict of interests {banking, real estate, government]
Millbrook has ever seen Has Spoken.
NOW you can be SURE this fucking place will be demolished any day now!! Halcyon Hall may not see the freakin New year with the hardon the Village Board is fronting to rip this place down, indemnify themselves from liability or cost, get this project done while there is momentum, and ignore the lawsuit{s]
that might stand in the way of the program.

The developer published a guest column in the local weekly periodical to state his final position, promises, the history of his compliance and seeking common ground with his detractors, etc. He claims neighboring properties values will actually INCREASE [lol!...] due to this development.
This paper gave the developer a big fat wet sloppy kiss. Their was perhaps one line in The Editor's own statement on the topic that
even seemed at all concerned, and that only in regards to the Planning Boards handling
of the ongoing proceedings, which has subjected them to lawsuit{s} on the matter.
In other words, they might mea culpa on PROCEDURAL aspects of this fiasco, and the SUBSTANCE of contention is irrelevant
and already decided.

A local resident, eager for demolition,
expressed her fear of the unsafe condition of the building.
Quote: "Kids are going in there and shooting music videos" ! She discovered some on the internet. LOL!!!!
Hell, she should send Me the freaking links, I should have thought of that for my own
rok n' role combo, ha ha....

The dates of demolition are being determined immediately in conjuction with Millbrook's Building Inspector, Ken McLaughlin.

As the first blanket of heavy snow covers
the hudson valley, i'd guess this weekend would be the best last time to photograph
Halcyon Hall. I'd bet it will disappear before
it is ever seen without snow on it again.
This first storm of the year is a heavy one,
the better to blanket Halcyon to sleep finally.

There will probably be more lawsuits.They
probably will not matter. But who knows?
The Law is the Biggest Business there is in Dutchess County in many ways....

Merry Christmas Halcyon Hall....

and Cheers All!

that is so cool looking

Fantastic pictures. I've seen Ladd School, but only in the dark. it was refreshing to see it from someone else's point of view. it's too bad you couldn't have caught other buildings on film like gym which was probably the creepiest building before they tore it down. Very nice work.

How long ago were these pictures taken? They are very good but these buildings look like they are in much better condition than when I was there 2 years ago. When I went in the fogarty building it looked and felt like it would fall down on our heads any minute.

I remember going to Welfare Island about 1960 because my maternal grandfather was a terminal patient at Bird S Coler hospital also on the island. My father took us to the end where the old hospital was and he seemed to be very interested in the old bldg but didn't share why
It was 30 yrs later as I did a family tree that I discovered that my paternal grandfather died at Metropolitan Hospital in 1935
In 1961 there was still debris from the old hospital around like wooden wheel chairs and old equipment , probably because it really looked like a haunted house in those days

nvusofmotts have a cookie enjoy, some people will never understand, ignore them they might go away ,hopefully. bring on the soap dispenser comments ,we still do enjoy them. great work Mr. Motts !!

Very art deco. Interesting how thr radiators follow the curved wall

Very modern looking. I like all the lines.

I guess this is what old lecture halls looked like. Kind of depressing

This place is very industrial and ugly looking but the floor is kind of cool.

you would think they would have painted over the torch marks. This place is ugly so I guess nobody cares.

Ive never seen a wind tunnel before. I'm not sure I like, its dark and creepy and I dont like those spikes sticking out all over.

Thanks Motts for another great gallery!

I agree Deb this is just way too creepy! I think I would want to get out of there fast.