Comments

If I remember, it was just an empty tiled room, much like a closet space.

I've heard this fireplace has been dismantled and sits in pieces on the floor as of now.

lynne-
i have spent many years in places like this, and i know that the staff get treated like shit, its fucked up, but you have to look at both sides. you are defending yours. as someone whose parents left them in the care of places where stuff like the lack of privacy, food deprivation, sexual, emotional and physical abuse did in fact happen at the hands of state paid staff in facilities (and not tens of years ago either- its going on to this day, just much more hush hush), you have to understand that while there are good people out there (as I'm sure you are) defending yourselfs and martrying your self is not going to stop the abuse thats happening still to kids. See? I like this web site because it exposes things that happened to defenseless people in institiutions, but as the photos are old and the buildings condemed and decreped, its easy to put it out of your mind as part of history. My suggestion to you Lynne is to get off the defense of yourself and your field and people will quit attacking. This needs to be seen for what it is. A horror, and while to you it may not be so horrific, to others it is extremely damaging, and there's a lot of work to be done.
-M

Call the attorney general's office in the area and ask for some assistance.

new years partys were great there i remember when i was like 4 being on stage with someone i believe it was frankie valley when the ball dropped

This room is round not "on the square" as a masonic room needs to be. And what about the Star of David in the Dome window itself?

To Big Guy, The story I heard about the Normandie is the Chief Engineer of the Normandie wanted to go aboard and open the sea cocks and let the Normandy settle to the bottom on a fairly even keel, the Navy who was in charge of the vessel said no. and the fireboats, who were engine companies, same as the land companies continued to pour water on it till the point when it capsized. The Hewitt was based at the base of the Brooklyn bridge so I am sure was at the Normandie fire at some time. Hewitt also responded to the GENERAL SLOCUM fire so you get an idea of how long this boat was in service to the city of New York.

I found the Ferry yesterday. I was in a boat. I got real close and got some pics. There was a yatch next to it that is suppose to be the Shah of Iran's boat.
http://www.stinner.com...been-to/mary-murray/

Lynne,
I had to add to this one, albeit late, according to popular opinion they dragged someone off the street made them dine off the floor in a falling apart dining room stuck them in autoclaves and mattress cleaners as torture and locked them up for weeks on end in the padded rooms while tying them to the floor then beating them senseless. Did I cover everything... No wonder everyone is crazy. <grin>

As a seperate note Mr. Motts Your website is my all time favorite. You combine two of my favorite things and then I read the comments and laugh my butt off half the time. The people I work with must be about to commit me...

Anyway thank you for everything you do to keep this site up and adding to it. Beautiful work!!!

Nifty spider webs, they add the perfect touch :-) haha

Neat, I would have to jump in and say that I like and am intruiged by the curtains, its always interesting to see details like curtains left behind in these places.

interesting photograph..I like how many different colors and textures and details there are, isabeats, I like your title idea haha

The room was used as the dining room in the facility. And an interesting note about the Oculus - It was taken from the building McKinley was shot in. So it has even more historic value than it would even seem. People had better not damage it...

I was just there. I did almost get cought. Ironically the only escape from the police was goin into the building for some reason they dont follow us in. They rather play flashlight games threw the windows. Has anyone seen the dead cat? or the bats?

Of course such asylums were not nearly as grim when in operation. In fact, they had many advantages over modern mental hospitals.