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Water tap ; one of my favorite terms. Use it all the time.

We had sinks like that at the carburetor remanufacturing company.And yes people threw wadded paper into them.
And yes you had to rush on your damn break.

A hospital for alcoholics...........

Alcoholism & inebriation...geez...

When I think of coal mines I think of cold dreary and dirty buildings and machines. This shot, with the black and white and the rusty wheels fits right in. It's a nice contrast to the one a few pages back..."Vibrancy", I think it's called. An excellent capture to be sure.

(At last, my first comment on this site, but certainly not my first visit!)

The colors are stunning in the picture! i love it!

I love the color of this one!! WALLPAPER PLEASE!!!

My aunt (lula) and uncle (chicki) worked there in the 70's to 90's. My aunt was a nurses aid in the womans ward. my uncle was the ambulance driver. they both lived around the bend in bayshore. I once went to visit my aunt at the ward. Not a lovely place to be. it was echoey and noisey. Alot of the patients screaming and talking among themselves or to themselves. I was checking out the place because my aunt thought I could get a job there. but quite frankly, you have to be a special soul to work there. and have a huge tolerance, in addition, you might need a little wrestling experience, cuase when the patients got frisky or violent, you and the other nurses were the only one there, to calm them down until the "bouncers" came to help. most of the patients were or seemed normal and quiet. It wasn't for me.
At about 1971 my mother and her husband who could not handle my brother had him admitted to Pilgrim State. I never thought his condition was that bad, to send him to that type of hospital, but they did. My aunt and uncle tried getting him out. It took a long while for this to happen. it's very difficult to get them out, once they're in. They took custody of Billy Boy (william) once they got him out. Eventually the army took him for the next 20 years. They didn't think he was a crazy and he functions well today. Yup, he still has emotional problems, but today's medicines do well by him.
last month I drove past there,( I live in Jersey now) and saw it seemed a little abandoned and desolate. Now after seeing the photos I realize it is abandoned. I didn't know that. Yes it was a vast campus and very beautiful where the doctor homes where. it should be renovated and saved by the state. that would be a lot of work, but it can be done. it's done all over the country, and the neighborhood is still good. many improvements have been done. it was always very hispanic but I notice a lot of portuguese and columbians now as well. good foods and good shopping. I hope everything works out for my childhood neighborhood. I enjoyed reading all your comments about the old place.

very steampunk. I love it. I want those doors. When they tear these places down they dont even sell the architectural pieces like doors. That is perhaps the biggest waste of all. They could preserve SOME of it.... but seldom do.

sure guys..... just pick it up and carry it home. Do you know how much that thing weighs? and its value as a pool table is virtually nil. It was a second rate model from the biginning... and in its current condition definately not worth restoring. On the other hand, as a piece of abandoned asylum memorabilia... it probably has a fair amount of value. Still short of finding a moving company to go get it..... its staying right where it is... forever.

it would be so cool to see a time lapse video of that wall from the time this building was abandoned till today

glad they have it up on pallets..... otherwise it might get rusty or rot before someone uses it again

Another lonley chair shot...... I love them!!!!

Sleepy Sleepy. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

A relative of my mother's, who was a child with developmental disability (profoundly mentally retarded) lived in Willowbrook in the 1950's, I think. This was a relative of the famous New York City radio personality, Dan Ingram. The family hushed up the fact that this child was in this place. My mom tried to get the kid released, but to no avail.

Nice pic . KIng Motts.