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I came across this site at work a couple weeks ago and wanted to get involved, but I was blocked.. Mr Motts, you are one of the most talented artists I have ever seen, and would not only buy a book of your work, I would go out and promote it. Beautiful work. Thank you.

I nearly jumped out of my seat when I saw this! XD Exilent job

Are you sure you didn't put that pack there? It's just a little too coincidental for me. Pack of cigarettes on top of the ashes of a burnt chair? Had to be a set up by SOMEONE even if it wasn't Motts.

You are the chair MASTER Motts! Great shot ^^

The hole is the entrance to the Obliet from Labyrinth..."there ain't no doors, only the hole"

it's rooms.

All I can say is WOW...this is amazing... Motts, if you're not yet you should be a millionaire with all this talent you have!

I live 10mins away from the Hosp, I used to bike over there and roam around/inside the buldiing... and never saw anything like this, I might have to go back there to find it. An' its good pic there.

They look like giant ants or something... :O

I was one of the lighting "guys" at the Pines. I was also one of the lifeguards at the indoor pool - early 80's. Was offered the additional part-time job when the regular guy screwed up with a major headliner act - he was drunk or high and the spotlight was everywhere except on the singer.

I guess I was young and naive when I worked there from the fall of 1980 to around Dec of 1981. While I did learn alot about life in general, I never realized the extent of the "fringe benefits" enjoyed by some of the staff. On a side note - this looks like the center room of possibly the 3rd or 2nd floor in the Ritz. I spent a few months living in the center room on the 3rd floor. While there wasn't ice in the toilet bowl, I do remember using a blow dryer for heat in the winter, when the heating system broke down (not an unusual occurrence either!!)

Dorbrite you make a very good point from the construction point of view.
But don't you think it a shame that some of this beautiful historical architecture from the past may not be around much longer for future generations to enjoy and admire? Structures like this are not built anymore, shouldn't it be preserved to keep a part history alive to enjoy and look back on. I'm all for progress, but I am also for preserving the beauty of the past when it can be. My husband is in the demo field and tells me all the time that many of these old structures can very easily be renovated and preserved without altering the originality of them or costing a small fortune.

Being in the mental health field, and being married to someone who is in the construction trades, and in love with these building - with said - it is unfair to blame the developers of these beautiful buildings when they need to be torn down. I feel the blame should be bought on the States that owned them in the first place. They should have secured the roofs better to stop leakage etc. But to blame the developer, in my opinion, is unfair. The bottom line in construction is how much is it going to cost and where they can get the biggest bang for their buck. It is not always cost efficient to save these buildings.

And as far as the developers being jerks - I had the pleasure of meeting the developer and owner of Foxboro Hospital. He could not have been nicer to me and extremely accommodating for the things that I asked for.

I don't think the prisoners would have had an opportunity to climb the bars in the foreground of this shot. it was probably just a "gate" between two sections of the prison, perhaps the bars there would just be to slow down prisoners in the even of a break out or a riot? just a thought...

What kinda surgery did these guys do? i heard they did lobotomies! don't like the sound of thatmuch! (this is an incredible site!! like the photography!)