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funny thing is, my bedroom probably smaller than that but with a dormer....

huh.

(and i got the bigger of the two upstairs rooms, yay for being first born)

amazing photo and location

i just found this site tonight and i love it. the architecture in these buildings is beautiful and only enhanced by the wonderful photography

i love the ct seal with the oaks surrounding, and the woodwork extending above is magnificent... my mom is currently managing a move in norwich i wonder if we can take a little "field trip" (im homeschooled) here some day...

mariah<3

The Millbrook Village Board has voted to issue the negative declaration allowing the Blumenthal development to proceed as
presented. For all intents and purposes,
this means the demolition of Halcyon HAll.
The only real mitigative stipulation by the board was 5 foot sidewalks instead of
4 foot sidewalks, and that was not even out of
compliance with the Americans With
Disabilities Act.!

Opposed Interested parties have expressed astonishment at the vote in light of the
compellingly comprehensive presentation
against the particulars of this development proposal. Be careful who ya vote for, folks,
somewhere around the millenilum, that
vote of yours DID suddenly matter, Huh? ho ho ho...now live with it

Former Mayor Don Briggs, under whom this plan first manifested, was an enthusiastic cheerleader for this development plan,
and commented favorably on the resolution , almost as if he were still mayor.
Just my impression. The current mayor has not been vocal at all, even after promising to
update the public on a monthly basis, and
failing to, even once in seven {7} months.

THe Blumenthal plan provides for SOME
preservation of a tiny fraction of Halcyon Hall,
specifically the stonework foundation, the extant chapel property, some part of the eastern tower wing[ most of which will undoubtedly be almost new construction]

The plan calls for all of this to be conglomerated into some postmodern
jumbling together of the very elements that are being demolished to make room for the
psuedo Tudor condos evoking the real architecture that is making way for it in the first place.

AS a preservationist I try to preserve when
and where possible. The plan approved
PROVIDES EXACTLY FOR SOME OF THIS PRESERVATION! IF THEY DO WHAY HAS BEEN AGREED UPON IN THEIR OWN PLAN.

I emphasize to those opposed to demolition
that the AGREED UPON, IN THIS PLAN,
provisions for SOME preservation of this
site, IS THE BEST that can be hoped for.
I Don't Like it, but it is too far gone to save.
I've been there not long back, and it is just too far gone. Believe me I know from
a structural point of view...

BUT...
NOW that this development plan goes forward, let's makle sure they do what they agreed to, BLUMENTHAL & THE VILLAGE
BOARD...at least in regards to the token
preservation of Millbrook's unique physical heritage.

ive never visited the place. i just enjoy browsing. im glad i did. very interesting

simple. even so i am impressed. it looks cryptic. i always love the abandoned scenes over the photos that try to draw you in with the guise of shadows to give it a haunted apperance. i do adore the simple greyness of abandoned life that this photograph radiates with.

i simply think it reflects good photagraphy. the photos, in my opinion, hardly reflect the true mystery of which most people are searching for in such pictures, but the artfulness of it leaves me in the mindset that whomever took these were very skilled. however they fail to emphasies any of these buildings ghostly features, but they are attractively dark.

I would like to share memories of the mid 50's Pines with people who attended the hotel's great Passover seders and high holiday services. The cantors were Oysher, then Shicoff, then Dubrow. The great choir was always Abe Nadel's. My father, Daniel Sloan, conducted the services with them.
Look me up in Massapequa, NY

my grandfather got a lobotomy in 93 becuz he was a real crime kinda guy

Wow-Imagine being inside those room, it will definition drive someone more insane

and also, I love the comments on the old machinery by people that either worked with it or have some experience. Excellent!

Motts, I know this is a bit late, but I hope you leave things as they are. I am a newcomer so to speak but keep coming back and back. I like reading the comments. If any editing is done, maybe the one or two word comments but certainly leave the lengthy comments, I've learned so much by reading them as far as the history of mental health. And I agree with the other writer that said there are other sites that are similar, but none such as good.

I agree with BustedTresspasser - it is a shame they didn't put the effort and money into restoring these buildings into apartments or affordable living places. Although I may feel a bit spooked living in a place that was once a hospital or asylum, but eventually I think I would. After all, every apartment or house I have lived in had someone die and two have enen been "haunted". It's all good.

this shot makes me have so many questions

When I first saw this shot, I thought that heater was a television set...Kinda made me think of that scene in The Wall