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The window is closed but it looks like there is a gentle relaxing breeze blowing through.... :)

Big Ed, the guy who got you the brick is absolutely right about the tunnels still being there, Only about 15' out from the building was removed, the rest still runs through the grounds. Yes this will cause a future problem someday won't it. If only these developers could look that far into the future and realize what problems they may be causing for future generations..

Motts, can you please please make this into a wallpaper? I really love it.

Yes, he was in one of the older buildings if memory serves correctly. I lost touch after I broke up with the guy I was going with at the time, it was actually his friend we used to visit there. It was long before the fire so if he was still around by then you would have probably gotten him at your nursing home. He was originally from Portugal and didn't speak much english, after his "experience" with angel dust, he didn't really speak at all, real sad.

From what the gut who got me my brick. From what he saw and learned, the tunnels are still intact just sealed up with fill for about 15 feet. Granted most of the tunnels are original they will eventually collapse. They are all chocker block filled with asbestos. Worst case the asbestos deteriorates further and gets into the water table ( the gounds surrounding the hospital at the bottom of the hill are old swampland) Or it gets into the air from out of the holes in the ground that will open up.

CM- Where did you come across that site??? I've never found it and I've looked a lot. I recognize quite a few of the locations. Those large, white buildings were the "cottages". where higher-functioning people lived. There were 9 of them and they were referred to as Cottage 1, Cottage 2, etc. That big concrete bridge-like thing used to be used by trains delivering coal to BSS. It was sad to see the shell of the merry-go-round- i spent a lot of time riding that as part of my job.

Otis is a elevator Compney.

It looks like interrogation instead of examination..........

The crack in the window looks like a giant spider lol ;)

Thanks Sandy Y and Porthos.I didn't know that story had it's origin in Japan.Well now I do and I love stories of that nature:)

reddll,
never looked at it that way but your right, I can picture the Pink Floyd Pig flying by now- thats funny

Oh Cristina you sound really fun;)

My mother worked here in the 1970s. Having resigned myself, 2 years ago, from a currently active agency , I wish I could say things have changed for the better for people with developmental disabilities. They haven't.

Maybe it was pretty at one time but I don't know the swamp in the picture looks sort of creepy and unnatural.

It's a pretty nice painting and if a kid did it they had alot of skill for their age.