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This is wierd

I'd like a room like that.

aww thats' nice.

I have my fishing rod right here

That vegetation has really grown over.

I never cease to marvel at skilled brick
laying,which seemed to be popular
in late 19th century/early 20th.

I remember as a child reading one of our
presidents had a hobby of bricklaying,and
I said to my brothers "What!!!!?"
One brother(hey!,Brother Island!)explained
to me it wasn't easy.
I have since come to appreciate it.

The Frankford Arsenal in Phila.is a site
partially in disrepair, partially in use,and
loaded with tones of skilled brickwork.

Brother Island

That's fantastic, I have a soft spot for old registers

way worse than the doll. NOW i'm gone!

creepy as hell, i think i would have left right after that!

gorgeous shot!

A great set of images, and a good question about the peeling paint! Could it be that the paint is only peeling where the shadows are cast on the wall? Check out the slight slope of the shadow compared to the peeling paint......almost identical? There is obviously a window to the left, my thinking is that the small amount of (indirect) light hitting the wall kept it free from damp. The paint is starting to peel bottom left too just to back up this thought.....sound feasable?

These are very moving, wonderfully heartfelt thoughts: both the earlier good times and the years leading to Bennett's closing, the desgracefull negligence of the Millbrook goverance and community indifference which led to this "haunted house" for those not imbued with the College campus and its inhabitants; students, faculty and administration when it was such a rich and vfital living community.
As it turned out, finally, over the years accumulated teaching in other Colleges and Universities (MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, University of North Carolina, Dartmouth, Queens, SUNY Purchase---the latter which I left Bennett to found the Division of Visual Arts Sculpture Department) that I came to the realization that Bennett was indeed way, way up there, a remarkable school. And isn't this outpouring a testament and a well-deserved tribute to Miss May Friend Bennett's school!?
I'm going to add some more considered comments soon. In the meantime, drop me a line I'd love to hear from the extended Bennett family!
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WOW this looks identical to my elementary school's combo gym/auditorium. IDENTICAL!!!!!!!!!

in 17h, the guy kinda looks like saddam husein

THis looks like an impingement mill for the pulverized coal system...huh guys?

These look like the induced draft fans. They would help carry hot gasses up the chimney. There would be a heat exchanger somewhere in this assembly to send to the forced draft fans in the basement.