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Yaaay! I love the colored ones!

I love the colored windows along the top!

People should let sleeping coffins lie -

Had to come back and vote for a wallpaper!!!
I really love this. It truly is a treat!
*cough*wallpaper*cough*
Very nice.

EEEEK!!!!

anyone ever see "The Changling"? This looks like their promotional poster! COOL

they're not doing anything.

guess the bowling ally's free

The only true building standing now is the clock tower. The building off to the right has/ is being demolished. The only thing they're actually leaving up is the clock tower because it's being preserved. Everything else is being torn down after many of the buildings were declared structurally unsound. Any attempts to go onto or in the buildings are prohibited , and if you go inside, you'll most likely be arrested by police when you come out. Neighbors watch the area closely, so there's really no way to sneak in. The clock tower itself is falling apart, so it would be unwise to venture inside. I attend Worcester Technical High School and the remenants of the asylum are visible from our top floor library. As a resident of Worcester, I'm sad to see the original hospital destroyed. However, it would have cost much more money to renovate the place than to tear it down.

I see this place every day (my apartment looks on to Roosevelt Island) but I was never able to really admire the beautiful facade this place has from that distance. Thanks so much for posting this!

Beautiful shot. I'm sure the pipes are for a heater, like Bunky said. And the walls are covered with concrete, probably over a wire mesh.

That "sand" is a mixture from the plaster from the walls, dirt and decayed masonry.

Repainted a hundred times.

Water damage and humidity is killing the building.

WOOOW! It took me forever to read all of that! Very interesting!!

I see robert goulet too!!! hahahaha!