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W orked at Pilgrim since 1966 and retired in 2003. Love the photography. I used to go to meetings and sat by that very same window. Heard stories about German prisoners during WW-2 being marched from behind the Storehouse and taken behind the 80's building. If you have any simple questions about Pilgrim you are more than welcome to E-mail me

the chair thing is boggling my mind. i think ive stared at this picture for a good 45 minutes just trying to figure out how its stuck there! super glue?

the "face" in the dust almost looks like it has angel wings around it, like it was one patient's guardian angel that never left the place. at least that's what i'm seeing (i'm no expert on paranormal things; i just spent most of my childhood living in a creepy old house.)

imagine how happy one patient must have been to feel that warm ray of sunshine in such a cold-feeling place.

another wonderful photograph by motts!

omg someone get some windex!

you're a really brave soul if you ventured into this place without a ventilation mask of some sort.

i love how the light shines through this window in this pic.

if only there was a picture of a swimming pool in one of the galleries from this hospital. that's the part i remember most from "... cuckoos nest"

hi. this is my first comment here. first of all, i love all the colours and the composition of this shot. all of the pictures i've seen on this site are just beautiful.
secondly, any "cold chills running down the spine" that anyone feels in a place like this are probably just their own fears, stemming from the stigma and urban legends of this sort of place. it's funny and cool how emotions sometimes manifest themselves into physical feelings. there could be ghosts or spirits here, but i don't think they would actually interfere with living humans coming into the place, or even be aware of live people there.

very nice !!

well ... there goes my walking terapy theory :)

im still alive ... kinda

i spy an orb ......i think

great place for a rock vid

love it feel like iv'e been here befor

I crawled around these wrecks in the 70s and they were in bad shape then. When they cave in they go fast and without warning. Enjoy the photos and stay safe. Also after all these years there really isnt anything left to see.

I'm pretty sure I was here when I was very young. My dad took us to visit my cousin who was recovering from heroin addiction. Can you see it from Rt. 476?
By the way Motts, your work is amazing.

"I guess no one told Michaelangelo or Rivera not to write on the walls either."

Graffiti isn't art! Get real!