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this would be a cool place for a Modeling Photo shoot...the hall and the way everything is placed, its beautiful, nice shot!

this is gorgeous, I Love how the paint is chipping...and the color is totaly different... =]

That crank on the end of the bedframe, although I know it was used for an innocent fuction, gives me the heebie-jeebies. It makes me think of ancient dental tools that resemble torture devices more than they do therapeutic instruments.

Something about this corridor seems so closed-in and claustrophobic. Maybe it's the way in which the paint is peeling, or perhaps the hallway is just really narrow. Also, the doorways seem to be very tall, and it could just be an optical illusion.

Perhaps the wooden planks were placed over the tops of the heaters so that the kids wouldn't stick their fingers in them and accidentally get burned. They may have also functioned as makeshift shelves for holding personal belongings.

Awesome shot. I love this one.

This building, or the way it's depicted in the photo, looks very collegiate. Maybe something from Harvard or another Ivy League institution. It almost looks like it could still be in use.

What a waste of perfectly good books! Granted that they are somewhat dated, but they could've been extricated from the buildings when they were abandoned and donated to some schools that don't have a lot of money. There's no sense in leaving them there to rot in a forgotten heap. How sad.

The building and its surroundings really do look dead. The sky looks so vibrant and blue, and the building and the growth surrounding it looks so tired and wasted.

I can't imagine trying to get a restful night's sleep in this painful looking bed. It couldn' t have been even the slightest bit comfortable.

The scalloped design on the top of the buildings remind me a lot of the design theme of Noho.

I dig that copper dome on top of the administration building.

That story sounds like something that happened at a lot of state schools while they were in operation. I know, at least at the Fernald State School in Waltham, MA, the same thing happened. No one was ever allowed on the back wards because the conditions were so horrendous.

Why do so many people insist on setting these beautiful abandoned places on fire? It's such a waste of energy.

I think Pennhurst is so fascinating. I have some family that lives in Royersford, and I'd love to go visit them and see Pennhurst.

As far MARMAR's comment is concerned, there could be patient records hidden behind those bolted doors. I'm sure that the institution never fully emptied itself of all its records. Instead of spending the effort to actually remove the records, they probably just put them all in one room and locked the door so that when explorers inevitably came 'round, they didn't stumble upon the records and tell someone in an authority position.