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PHENOMENAL! Love it! And the wallpaper is a great idea!

no me gustaria terminar ahy

I cant believe how one place can be so sunny and beautiful looking on the outsdie can be so dark and sad in the inside. That in itself is just sooo different .. it is like 2 opposite worlds u can cross into.Almos like heaven and hell seperated by a doorway

he did say "re" discovered

my first impression when i saw this photo was a bed also. A very creeping feeling i got and 3 words as soon as picture loaded were oh my god .... not sure but i just got the creeps

i happened on this site looking for pics of
it. my father worked there, as a young man an attendant, older as a fireman[ keeping the huge boilers running. he worked there for 30 yrs.
i used to play there as a young girl or visit while dad worked. the tunnels & sub tunnels fascinated all us kids. As did the patients over the years. later when i was older i worked as an attendant when they tried de-institutionalizing the ppatients. the older people were patients my father and mother had also taken care of when they worked there.
as did several of my family members.
rich in history this place is, good in some ways not so pleasant in others
as to the nature of why they may have been there. it for me was a pleasure and a mystery, and sad all at once.
a beautifull place all in all, structurally and placement. a good deal of people
there did make it back to the world,
so many stories , so many lives affected.
it was an honor for me to assist in any small way i did. i do hope they keep whats left. so many stories to tell.....

p. s. Grafton state was quite interesting
in how it worked also.

I work on pianos. Sadly, that one looks to be beyond reasonable repair. The hammers have been removed, and the fact that some keys are stuck down and ivories falling off are a good indication that there is moisture damage.

bad bad pic

Once upon a time my first wife and I made out in the steam tunnels. (acessible from these basments)

awesome structures that should be preserved, so much history too behind them.

i too would love to hear so much more about life at pilgrim's in the 50s and 60s. so any employees here will be very much appreciated to write to me at . so much history! negritail@msn.com.

haha i lvoe byberry. last time i was in the we were in the c buildings and we seen the patrol car and almost got caught. we had to run to the roof. and u know that creek, we ran into it going back to wawa running from the cops. haha byberry scared the shit outta me. tehres mad cops now. and officer mcgrath. i hear so much about him yet i still didnt have to deal withj him.

Two skelentons embracing each other waiting for the end of eternity that will never arrive.

I grew up on LI, taught nursing for a short time at Pilgrim (actually administered shock therapy one day when the MD was unable to). It was one of the most beautiful and most eerie places I've ever seen. On a foggy day it was something out of a Hitchcock movie. It is a true historic landmark and it will be a real shame if it is torn down.

About that couch....I hate to admit it, but my Dad purchased office waiting room furniture for our den back in the 60's. I am one of six children and my parents swore it was the best thing they did!! They had to recover the cushions only once, but the frames never wore out! Had the couch and 2 chairs for years. Looked a lot like this one, but the wood arms came straight out instead of curving under . The couch was green and the chairs orange!!!! Definite 60's retro!!! I think the cushions were gore-tek or pleather covered foam rubber....