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It's interesting that the roof curves up to meet the cupola isn't it? That's the first thing I noticed.
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I am so hittin' up that bar. LMAO
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OMG I agree, I never thought a safe could be so beautiful!
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I'll pirate dance with you Lynne!

I love that green at the end of the hallway, almost like its hope at the end of a long scary road.... er.. hallway in this case.
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Just proves that eventually nature does takes over.

Gorgeous Mr. Motts.. *applause*
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Lonely chair pics are the best!
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I totally thought it was a morgue refridgerator door too!! I'm glad I wasn't the only one!
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When I was in highschool (2000 graduate) from Bowie friends & I went thereas a joke; turned out to be NO joking matter. It was VERY DANGEROUS at night I couldn't see, fell into hole covered by gate & leaves. Needless to say we did have weird experiences, voices and saw a silouette of person on second floor. We definitely believe it is haunted!
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...besides these old buildings are great - you can play cricket in the hallways and volleyball in the middle of the wards when the patients get bored and admin have gone home...
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Exquisite. An historical beauty the likes of which will never be seen again. And no, that's not necessarily a good thing. If you ask enough psych patients if de-institutionalisation was the better option, you'll find that there's a case for being under a solid roof for the night with food and reliable starched nurses with a regular routine and someone to help you with symptomatic relief when things got a bit ragged. Yes, there's nasty stories, but so are there today about elder care, and more than half of it is B.S.
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This is divine and beautiful. How could they leave these places empty and derelict? (where's my soapbox, would someone pass me....over there...thanks), i can't believe that in the UK and USA there are so many magnificent heritage buildings that are crying out to be rebuilt as museums or funky co op housing or nursing homes or scientology headquarters (sorry...) it's not as though they were surgical buildings with heaps of golden staph infecting the floorboards. If I get 'JK Rowling' wealthy I'm gonna buy me one and live like an eccentric. Viva the kirkbride, viva the asylum! I'll get down now, shall I?...
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Our morphine/oxycontin/dilaudid etc drugs are schedule 8 drugs (S8) kept in locked safes. Maybe S1 drugs in the UK are cytotoxics like chaemo or opiates like our S8's are. Any UK nurses out there?
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There it still some of the building standing, Due to be demolished soon, I suggest you visit soon if it's in your plans.
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According to several good sources ie: actual contractors involved in demolition and a security guard of my acquaintance, the tunnels are back filled 15 feet on the ends. That tunnel I believe is the tunnel twixt Bonner and Kirkbride buildings. If the slant in the tunnel is any indication. The asbestos suits are covering the pipes that run along one side of the tunnels. We used to have captains chairs with wheels. We used to go over to the Kirkbride building with junk on the chairs. Then we'd ride the chairs back to the Bonner building. occasionally we'd have timed races. The tunnels were well lit back in the day
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Oh, yum. Look at that widows walk. Or pseudo ww really, i suppose it's for decoration.