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I believe those are corrugated panes of plastic material; lets more natural light into the interior spaces.

You're welcome; it's quite possible those records are in this piles! Many hospitals and other large institutions that have downsized often use surplus building for the storage of bulky paperwork. Unfortunately these buildings aren't usually maintained, and the records, sometimes long forgotten by administrative staff, eventually get destroyed through neglect and vandalism as evidenced above.

this is a box sealer. you fill the glass bottle with water, set the tape length with the meter and pull the crank, it spits out tape with glue on it for sealing packing boxes :)

Thanks for all these great photos. I just ran across your site and need to tell you my story. My grandfather died here in 1926. The family was poor and this was all the medical help he could get. I've been to this place at least three times and took many exterior photos, but I've never been brave enough to challenge the local police that patrol here nor the conditions you so willingly cross. Anyway that you for showing me what it was like. BTW, when I discovered about 10 years ago that this was where he died, I wrote the existing hospital for any records and I was told they were no longer available. Ha Ha, maybe they're somewhere in this mess. bobray1461@aol.com

Now I REALLY hope the people restoring this building keep all of this, by the love of all that is holy. This is a grandeur that should not be replaced by something modern and unappealing.

*least. Curse my inability to proof read my typing.

I really hope they keep, or at leasty reproduce, all this tilework and timber. It is so beautiful that it would be a heart crushing shame to have it taken out.

That wall panel looks as if it was a later addition, or is just constructed in such a way that just yells "tacky".

This must have been breathtaking looking way back when...well, it still is now too.

Such a marvelous staircase. So much time and effort went into that one piece of metal. That is craftsmanship seen so rarely in buildings nowadays

The radioactive plant monsters have destroyed it. That must mean...it has already begun

It is easy to imagine what those stores would have looked like in their heyday. Must have been beautiful, yet I feel it'd be kinda cramped around the holidays.

That pattern would be lovely for use in a home. I'm thinking in a kitchen or bathroom.

Awwww, the poor store looks so sad. No literally, those windows drooping like that just make it look down and out, which fits the situation it is in now

Wonder why all the tops of the cubicles have blinds (I assume such due to how they look). Privacy I suppose? Or a nice touch up over solid wood wall on all sides?