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Not claustrophobic, I looked at it again, it increases my anxiety greatly, I really don't know why. Great shot Motts, it's hard to get so big of a reaction out of me from a photo.

I like the picture, but, I don't like the red doors. I can't explain it, but, it puts me in a state of unease or restlessness. The red on violet... Love the layout, hate the colors.

*scrolls up again*

Claustrophobic, that's how it makes me feel, I can't explain it, it's the red on violet for some reason. Maybe I have issues... /shrug

Is it sick that this picture makes me giddy? I love the shutter, it looks like a mini-door. I don't know why, but, this picture makes me smile, and laugh a little inside. And to clarify, it's NOT because it was a seclusion room, it has EVERYTHING to do with the shutters. I love it.

*again, anyone seen my meds?*

For some reason, I love photo's like this, with the inner workings and mechanics of some of the buildings. Don't get me wrong, I love all of photos on the site (minus the ebil clowns *shudder*) these are just some of my favorites. Great work as usual Mr. Motts

Ahh, Motts shows once again where he and his friend beamed into the building. Otherwise, they would have seen the destruction crew in front, I mean, how do you miss a crane with a wrecking ball....

Where are my rollerblades when I need them...

It's such a cute little fireplace. I want one.

It's one of them new fangled therapy tubs Nevermore, ya see, you put the person in the tub, turn on the faucet. The water rushing out of the tub gives them a "stuck in a river" feeling, it's kind of a pain to clean while in use, but, it's a great feeling. Unless they don't know how to swim, than it can have the wrong effect. It's a design flaw that I've been told they have hundreds of engineers working on right now

My grandparents used to have a chair that was VERY much like this one. We always fought over who got the comfy chair when we went over there. Theirs was baby blue though, not puke green. But, they are very comfortable if I recall correctly from my youth.

The first thing that struck me in this photo, is the way the paint is peeling in the corner. It reminded me of a tree in autumn that was shedding it's leaves. As was stated earlier, I could almost smell the damp, dead leaves when I looked at this photo.

My second impression was, oh, there's a hole in the floor, wonder what that was from.

Millbrook has lost another architectural wonder,
a "sister' building, as it were, to HAlcyon Hall:
the monumental medieval barn on the
Hitchcock estate burned to the ground yesterday, leaving only the giant fieldstone walls. No people or animals were hurt or
killed. It apparently burned for days, requiring a massive emergency response county wide. Besides
Halcyon Hall ,it is one of the largest buildings in Millbrook.
It was constructed in the 1890's by
the architect and builders of Halcyon Hall
for one of the original investors of the
hotel. Charles F Dieterich was a German born
industrial magnate who came to America
penniless but eventually founded Union Carbide. The estate he built was perhaps the
masterpiece of country residential design by
it's architect.
In the 1960's it was the headquarters of fomer Harvard psychiatrist
Timothy Leary, where he spearheaded his
mission of popularizing and promoting
the quest for mind expansion through the
use of psychedelic drugs, specifically LSD-25.
THis barn was originally the foundation
structure of what was planned to be a
full blown medieval germanic castle. After
plans for this were abandoned, Dieterich made it
a cowbarn instead. The late Millbrook
historian Carmine DiArpino rightly described
it as "the most improbable bovine residence
in {America}". FRom Bangall Road it looked
like a freakin' cathedral rising out of the hills.
Amazingly, Halcyon has been a tinderbox
for years without any fire incident, despite
being overun for decades by vandal idiots,
careless fools, and known pyromaniacs.
Drunk punk rok skatboarders would light
fires in it's unfunctional fireplaces years
ago. Yet a solid, virtually all stone mega
structure comparable in size and pedigree
disappears, in a scenario that seems
unlikely compared to the fire-waiting-to-happen that has been Bennet/HAlcyon
since 1977.Murderous irony...
I predict the Hitchcock brothers will rebuild.
THe Stone is intact. A good portion of the
tax arrangement on this vast estate is tied
directly to its use as an agriculturally active
property of historical/ architectural signifigance.
It would be a shame to lose this piece of
Europe on American soil.

I like the lights !!!!!

There have been quite a few shots on this site that have made my jaw drop a little, however, this one made my jaw hit the table, drop onto the floor, and roll under my chair. Absolutely amazing shot Motts. I am at a loss for words.

This tower reminded me of the Beaumont Tower at Michigan State University

http://www.cqql.net/msu-tower.htm

I'll try to get some photos of it sometime and toss them on the forums.

Pardon my newbishness, what is CU?

My first thought, was Copper Underwear, but, I'm sure that's not it, at least I hope not, that couldn't be comfortable.