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are those lamps 4 feet tall? or is it all an illusion?

Mr. Motts, what was written in those books? I'm just dying to know!

i think there are beds behind the curtains, you know how they would draw the curtains to seclude the patient from the others.

I find it suprising no jerk teenagers stole all of that wax paper. Good thing they didn't, it makes for a killer photo.

It's Jason Voorhees, he's waiting for you in the back. Teens beware!

alright, who else sees the sillhouette on the roof, its not just me is it? *shudder*

ahhh, the (in)famous chair, gota love the classics. Seriously though, you capture the true feel of the hospital in all your photos. I just have to visit this place some day.

I could see these photos appearing in a magazine, like National Geographic. They are that good. Bravo Motts!

It was difficult to tell what the function of many of the rooms were, but there was quite a lot of carpeting in the buildings.

Many of the english asylums has these hexagon shaped connecting hallways... some were nicely arched as well.

Moreover, I hate to say it, but this place is almost certainly well beyond repair, even if anyone did have any use for it. And even when there is money invested and even when the site in question isn't nearly as decrepit - take, for instance, the Richardson Complex in Buffalo, which has $1 million allocated towards restoration, yet which, so far, has nothing more than a stupid fence to show for it.

Often times, it seems that the mold and decay isn't nearly as damaging as human depredations. Even if floors and walls are slowly falling apart, it still tends to be a fairly slow process and, as it at least a natural form of destruction, it creates an aesthetic that willfull, wanton vandalism lacks. Not to mention that the vandalism tends to result in us simply loosing the equipment and fixtures that would bring this place to life better.

I'm pretty sure that this is the security room (seen in the previous picture; if you look closely, I think the broken glass is visible in the far end of the earlier picture). A patient's cell wouldn't have had so much glass, which could easily be turned into a weapon.

Does anyone know if these sorts of security booths were common to asylums? Or did Byberry just have a significant amount of psychopathic patients (and/or paranoid staff personnel)? I think that this is the first such one I've ever seen.

It sad to see how many people have so little respect for these places; the pentagram, in particular, looks like the handiwork of some teen trying to be evil/rebellious/scary. Though it does also make me glad that my local abandoned hospital seems to be very well guarded, by comparison.

chrissie
The people that used these ones"cause I knew them" didn't stay in them 24/7. I never thought of death. The people got trecs after a few years.