Comments

Moss ... what is that mass of black going up and extending out behind the left pole?

Jeez, this picture loaded and I only got to see it for half a second, then my power went out! Scared the crap outta me!

...and I had to wait 5 hours to find out what 'it' actually was..

Fantastic set, Motts, and thanks again for the research and old post card shots that fill in the history for us.

Maybe this is where Weight Watchers was founded, in merry olde England

Looks like it would play 33's and 45's

Made me think of J.Geils, "Freeze Frame"

It's a shame we have to point fingers and throw blame elsewhere , instead of taking responsability for our own actions . Carl , i used to ride bulls , am i suppose to feel guilty if any bull rider gets hurt ? Sorry to tell , i don't , everybody has their chooses to make , they are responsible for their own actions .Grow up and stop trying to throw blame elsewhere .
Motts , first time at your sight , awsome !
Pictures are excellant . Been by them many times (only able to see them from the cab of a truck ) , Really enjoyed it .

i hardly find it shallow or self serving to
express some desire to preserve some
aspect of the history of this property!
Too many of the "players" in the impending demise-for-development
are the same characters who wish that freedom of speech ends at the Millbrook village's borders. Yeah? Well, TOO BAD!
not everybody concerned about this current plan are among those who turned a blind eye to restoration. THE
VILLAGE GOVERNMENT HAS WANTED
THIS SITE CLEAR FOR CONDOS going
back to 1983. The developer MAY or MAY NOT do something "positive with the
property"; that remains to be seen.
Rather than cashless complaining,
some people regard bringing historical voices to bear on the debate, ALONG
WITH the [inevitable} development, as
a mitigative factoring influence on
the developer DOING WHAT HE CAN,
and WHERE HE CAN, to TRY to preserve some aspect of the clearly
marvelous architecture represented,
WHERE POSSIBLE, This is all anyone is
really asking for.But boy, that really bugs
some people, doesn't it? Those
pesky history lovin interferers! Drat!

NO ONE is interfering, or "making problems" for the developers!! They have
been given a full spread eagle green light by the village board to do
practically whatever the hell they want with this site!
If they are acting in good faith as {new}
members of the community, they would be looking at trying to do this without
having to be shamed into it by, you
know,LOCAL AND ACADEMIC OPINIONS. I have heard that they are
trying to do just this, in terms of salvaging some of the architecture, which is encouraging. They seem to be
acting in good faith.
If on the other hand, it is so painfully
deleterious on the poor senses of the
developer or his affiliated defenders to
have to GOD FORBID...LISTEN TO SOMEONE'S OPINION ON THE TOPIC, or mock their right to do so for fear of interfering with their rammed through
business plan, then they are BY
DEFINITION ignorant a-holes who
should expect as much oversight, scrutiny, propagandizing against their
positions, and likewise as much mockery as they insist on heaping on
those of a differing opinion.

In other words: your getting your way!
and you'll all make a bundle. SO DON"T EXPECT ANYONE, LEAST OF ALL PEOPLE LEGITIMATELY OPPOSED TO YOUR PLAN FOR WHATEVER REASONS,TO CRY AND WHINE ABOUT YOUR P.R. PROBLEMS!!!
happy demo-ing
ps: good luck with the asbestos

Wow...

Did I mention I wanted to buy this building? Maybe we could make it the Opacity HQ!

I want to buy this building! And we could all go hang out their

Job, Do you mean that you actually lived in that building, and were a patiant?

Wow!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!

Correction...It should have read "given that they were ABLE to bring him back" not about to bring him back. sorry

Well, out of respect I guess, I don't want to give too much detail and all. But, he did tell me that back then, they removed one lung as a common treatment of TB. Well, the doctors believed they needed to fill that space in the patient's chest back up. So they would fill the chest with ping-pong balls...which ultimately lead to severe infection and gangrene in the patient's chest cavity. It only made that patient die faster as a result. The surgery my Grandfather had to remove his lung in that hospital was filmed and he actually died on the table, fortunately they were able to revive him. I think it kinda shows the contrast between how far medicine hadn't come then, and how far it had given that they were about to bring him back.