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Oh, the architecture... *drools as she gazes at the stonework*

Oh, how peculiar! I see the child's face as well... That is some pretty awesome paint peeling that state school's got going on :D

Wow, I wish my stairwell at home looked as nifty as that one (minus the debris, of course). The banister is fabulous!

Beautiful black and white shot, Motts... though I do agree with Felyne - I think it would look absolutely stunning in colour!

Lynne....God bless you for the love and care you give to the people you work with.

What a shame... If only there were more efforts into the perservation of these buildings as opposed to simply letting them rot away slowly... but, alas, then there would be no awesome ventures into abandoned state hospitals for those willing to explore. I suppose it is somewhat like a double-edged sword in that sense, eh?

It's a beam that moved up and down to create the pumping action used to draw water from the wells.

Very nice, solemn shot... though, I must admit, Lynne's rendition of the piece is a bit more artistic in its originality :P

Very nicely done, the both of you!

Oh my! Yet another great lonely chair shot...! *sits down*

Those windows look marvelous with the vegetation filtering the light through on the other side of the glass... Quite calming, in my opinion

What lighting! The collapse of this niche looks stunning!

Lynne how right you are abouthe age appropriateness. The same facility that i worked for had case workers that would come it and totally ruin holidays for residents. We would decorate the house for the holidays and the residents enjoyed it. ( kinda like they would do in elementary school) The thing is that was age appropriate for them most of them having the mental age of a 5 year old. The case managers would come in and rip it down and if they saw the residents coloring they would flip out and take al the crayons and the coloring books away, it truly is a shame. Just bc they are 50 and 60 doesnt mean they have the mentality of a 50 and 60 year old.

The company in NY that i worked for has its own rec facility that had at one point a swimming pool that the floor in it raised and lowered epending on the type of DD patients you had in it at the time. We also had the hydraulic lift ont he side that actually lifted the wheelchairs as well as the patients. The sad thing is, is there wasnt enough use being put into the pool, so they stopped using it. It wasnt bc of the patients bc they absolutly loved the water, well the ones without the phobias.... It was bc the staff didnt want to get in the water with them.. If they could reuse this stuff it think it would be great to give to the other organizations that just dont have the funding for it.

i absolutly love the sky in this picture. It makes you wonder what could be beyond.

Patiently waiting, plotting and scheming the quick and violent end of your existence.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.