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MMM Asbestos tiles!

Quoted from Garth:{ that's just a fact--even to this day--about antiquated plumbing. i live in an old Victorian and my wife won't flush any of her sanitaries down the toilet for fear of clogging up the system. and the same thing with similar houses in the surrounding area--no feminine products whatsoever, else it means dire shit for the sewage system.... }

Its a fact of plumbing in general. I've always been taught NEVER to flush those things down any toilet, home or otherwise.

Absolutely brilliant photographs-I explored the place 20 years ago, but never had a camera with me!! Usually there with friends just scaring each other-What a tremendous loss-can't believe they demoed it!! Very sad!
Thanks so much for capturing history!!

i was first attracted by your colors...

Lynne: A big place, or some very crappy doctors! ;)

I assume "brought in dead" was with the meaning that if the person died at the facility, they'd have a decent idea of why they died, whereas if a body was merely brought in from trauma, etc., they wouldn't have tested it for infectious disease yet, and it was basically a "holding area" (read: just in case the body's infectious).

I don't think it's so sad - think of the enjoyment the builder's got out of it! Think of the great balls and parties this place has seen over the years! Think of the children running around the giant place and finding the little nooks and crannies that they do to hide and hide things in!
The future brings change, but the past owns remembrance.

desmet - this building caught up in red tape, it seems, so I wouldn't expect it to be razed too quickly.
"The State lease of the *redacted* property has expired and the Division of Capital Asset Management is currently writing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the property. The RFP will include a requirement to the developer of the construction of the site to provide for a new facility which will replace the old..."
So, it seems that the government is seeing to it that our grand kids may have their own building to explore on the site!

Those really are some high tech portable soap dispensers complete with an on/off switch. Nice to see the evolution of the soap dispenser documented here. These may have even come equipped with a light.

the opened door and shaft of light are beckoning, come in come in, in this room there is purity, there is light, there is a lovely secret we want to tell you. In here there is safety and peace. Glorious!

Treatment..... but treatment for what?? Spooky......

it is oddly calming, i'd imagine the light being reflected comes from the sunset outside, its peaceful and rather optimistic. The odd bluish light outside the door is perhaps the creepiest part of the picture.

Yes Canadian Chick i think you're right about the birthday thing. Balloons always remind me of little souls floating up and up.

Love the photographs of manuals, notes and drawings, they're just so intersting. On sheltered workshops, these are common in centres that cater to special needs individuals. They can range from tailoring and handicrafts to farming to factory work and the patients are supposed to get paid a small salary though whether they actually do or not who knows. Some sheltered workshops are a combination of academics and work. And that is my two cents on the issue :D

Thanks, yes the place is still around.

I don't know if it is the case with this particular institution, but perhaps they missed the golden age of demolition where many contaminants didn't need to be specially removed (asbestos, lead, etc). Now with a growing set of EPA laws being put into effect, the cost to tear things down far outweighs the inconvenience of having a decaying building next door. Either it'll burn down (naturally or "unnaturally") or it'll collapse in on itself (demolition by neglect). I believe once a building has gone past a certain point of stability, it can be demolished more leniently and cost effectively under the law.