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PS: To answer your question regarding graqffiti's 'placew' - I think modern surfaces devoid of historical or visual interest on their own merits are totally fair game. ;)

Felyne,
I suppose I was being a bit crabby and purist. I've just seen so many places ruined by tagging/graffiti - to the point where you can't actually see any of the original surfaces; seems a shame.

Your logic is inarguable regarding the upcoming demolition of so many of these places; but how nice if we could all enjoy them, without the addition of (usually) childish paint-pissing.

Having said that, true graffiti art is another whole world, and one I obviously haven't reconciled with my love of UE. I'm a hypocrite, because some things I don't mind tagged, and some I do. Utterly subjective. No one said life was fair...lol.

On the other hand, I bet most, if not all here would be positively livid if someone tagged the Baron's Crypt; so I know I'm not entirely alone in this.

The only Magnum I can think of is the PI or the sort that removes your brain matter.. but I can't see how either of them relate in this pic so I guess I'm way off.

So, um, horrahs for Mo's and Point Five Ohs???

When can we see Magnum? :-\

Awesome pics...:)

Joseph and I prove the point; beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The first and only laserdisc I saw was Wild Somethings with Mickey Someone.

Yes, that's how influential it was on my life.

Regardless, it was still a contradictive movie of its time. Oh yeah, Wild Orchids. Lame by todays standards. Just like Dirty Dancing, I suppose.

Nevermore, I've agreed with you in the past but I don't agree with you now.

Where is Graffiti's place, exactly? And lets differentiate Graffitti from simple Tagging.

And Lorien, how has this old stripped of all monetary quality object been ruined for everyone else? It's an abandoned building that at the point in which this photograph was taken was being trespassed.

I've never really thought along these lines, but the demolition guy that commented that who are we protecting this stuff from, when the demo guys just go in and just flatten EVERYTHING when they're paid to, has some credibility.

Let's not fool ourselves, no historic society has put it's hand up for this pipe organ or this place to conserve it. And none of us would be more the wiser had Motts not posted a goddamn photo of it on the internet.

I know I'm out of sorts, just a little pissed off with some reality that's hitting me right now. And yeah, I accept that this comment will be deleted (like so many others).

Whatever.

In order to cut costs x-ray machine were not that well serviced in some institutions. Care for a rad anyone?

Of course the patients had proper injections of Novacaine when it didn't contradict with their other meds? And when there was a contraindiction? Oh, let's not think about that.

Is it not a little weird that that have concrete toilets and no tp holders to deter weapons and SI but they'll hand an 8lb. rock (weapon) to to a patient?

The scale only handles 400lbs. Obviously morbid obesity wasn't a big thing then. But, if it weighed the bed and patient then take away the bed weight and what could it handle? 200lbs?

nice pics .. brings back alot of happy times as a kid. too bad my kids wont have the same happy memories

this was an amazing structure, and avalon took it away

Nope, not too old. If I ever catch a tagger doing his/her thing on something historic, they're gonna become something historic.

Talk about ruining it for everyone else. Grrrrr.

It is a clock because I have seen it first at hand.