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really?! wow!

poo flinging by the trippin monkey or your friend? I mean, you did say he was a drummer and all...... ;-)

Why doesn't someone make use of this structure - use the shell and make condo or coops

Very interesting reading, Ben B!
Thank you for your comments.

I love old radiators

I would love to be in there.
:)

I realize I'm jumping into this a little late but I'm finding the conversation here fascinating- not as fascinating as I do Mr. Motts artwork but still....
Can we all agree that being mentally ill sucks? Sucked 50 years ago, sucks now. Sucks for the patient, sucks for the family, sucks for the caregiver, just sucks. There have been horrid methods used to treat and control mental illness. There have been horrid methods used to treat TB, cancer, you name it. We look at some of these things now and think "How could they?" Maybe 50 years from now (or less hopefully) we'll look at chemo or dialysis or prozac the same way. Think about the situation you have a bunch of people cruising around that are in this facility for mental illness, a mental illness that could leave them not understanding the harm they could do to themselves, another patient, a staff member. What is the limited amount of staff supposed to do? Allow it to happen b/c, God forbid, we don't want to infringe on anyone's human rights by restaining them safely? Or should that person be restained until they're not a danger to themselves or others? There wasn't (and still isn't) enough funding to get the care that the mentally ill need. Not enough doctors, nurses, caregivers to sit there with a patient while physically restraining them from doing harm. Out of all the groups that could potentially do the most harm to themselves and society, we still in 2008, give less funding to the needs of the mentally ill than we do say, breast cancer. (Not that breast cancer isn't a worthy cause, just not as likely to cause someone to stab their neighbor to death less than a half hour after being released from a psych ward as we saw happen last week in my town) Thus we don't have the staff to help them as completely as they need, we don't have the housing to keep them safe during treatment so they're released before they've truly been helped, insurance certainly doesn't cover mental health as they do physical illness so....what is the answer? Did abuse occur? Yes. Did horrible mistreatment happen? yes. Does it continue today? Yes but less so due to checks and balances. Does abuse and mistreatment happen in your school, your office, your church, your nursing home, your daycare, your neighbor's house, your house? Yes. Its a rotten thing but true and the people committing these unspeakable acts need serious help too. Instead of bitching in CAPS about how we can never let this happen again, realize that the way to prevent it is to raise awareness and funds.
Now, I will be turning the soapbox back over to Lynne and resume enjoying Mr. Motts lovely photos.... Thank you for your time.

Very nice gallery man!

NICE!

Something has been drawing me to come to Glenn Dale for the past few years but I am already on probation and im not trying to get into any more trouble.......can someone tell me is it still possible to get permission from the police that are on the grounds all the time? I need to go there I feel drawn to this place for a reason please is if anyone has any info or would be interested in coming with me when i go to check it email me a hammy86@excite.com. I will be coming from harrisburg PA :)

If it is like my G-Grandparents graves, the caskets were wood and would have decayed long ago. The tree would absorb the remains, bodies and caskets alike, and they would in turn feed the tree. In effect the tree has become the living representation of the deceased. What a better monument to have.

Wow, another "Neat old light" soap dispenser! Wonderful perspective.

When 'Scrabble' attacks.

My favorite shoot so far. the markers all facing the steps that lead, where else, upwards.

More like definance in the face of death, for the dead believed in the afterlife and the body was only a husk.

"By this sign shall ye conquor."