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I would LOVE to see that Genesis! That's the one thing I always wonder when I'm browsing the galleries here..what these places looked like when they were new and in operation!
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Hi, I went to Royal Lands last year and none of the rides are still there. it's a troop through the overgrown woods to make it to the actual grounds. Not much was left other than an old grandstand, an old night club, the drive-in movie theater screen, the bathrooms, and a few booths. The place is completely trashed but still beautiful in its own ways.
Ephemera: Royal Land
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Simply love this photo.
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the patient inside were trying to claw their way out. Terrifying
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Love the website. It"s great from a photography stand point, and I love seeing all the buildings I wish I could visit myself.
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It is certainly a lovely campus, atop that hill. I think the problem might be more closer to there finding a developer with the motivation and money to rehab the place, rather than an asbestos issue. Take a look at Western State Hospital just down the road - dozens of buildings, tunnels, and much much more asbestos than DeJarnette's two structures, and yet they're being renovated...
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Thanks KatEyes. It's interesting to see how things left behind in these places can be interpreted in the context of their surroundings. Without knowing this was a quote from a comedian, I certainly wondered what the story was behind this!
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I'd guess that the room number changed, and it was easier than painting over the old number...
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Thank you for the correction!
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Seeing this makes me wonder how many tears were sobbed into these pillows by patients..
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This place...
the more think about it the more in awe.....
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Tastes like chicken - honest!
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Feather, I'm with you and I don't even study biology! I would love to have had that baby piggy in a jar, just for a conversation piece. Probably wouldn't keep it in the kitchen though!
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Who the hell chose the colors for these rooms? Of course, it probably kept the kids awake, the school I went to was painted all in that horrible dull green color. Between that and the boring drivel coming out of the teacher it was all a kid could do to stay awake!
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That's a "Jan Brady" bike if I ever saw one! Elaine Benes of Seinfeld fame found one just like this in an antique store!