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Thank you one and all!

The wall tells a story that only the patient's know, I think. Great shot Motts.

I was thinking the same thing Lynne, that wouldn't happen these days. How sad it makes one feel to see a real person's name on the old door.

Great colour, and the bright lit door beckons....

Actually, this is [ removed ]. Pictures taken at the risk of being arrested. The area is Off Limits.

Thanks, Motts!

Sorry, ragdoll, I gave them all to Marty.

I love coming here and seeing something new, I get all excited like a little kid! Dark or not Motts, your photographs still show the story........

I don't think it's lewd personally... there isn't all too much that shocks me! But people coming to this site are from all backgrounds and ages, and my photos aren't very edgy, so I was trying to take it into consideration.

There also aren't signs like this in the men's rooms I've been in

*Snicker*

Inside the walls

*Snicker*

CJ said that the woman was in her 20's by 1970-1972 which would've meant the baby was born in the late 40's to early 50's. Has nothing to do with CPS in the 70's when she was already a "legal" adult.

CJ I applaud your intentions, I bet you did make a difference in her life even if it seems insignificant as compared to what you had hoped to be able to accomplish. You very well may have been the only kind person to ever interact with her. Who knows...

A similar poster can be found in women's restrooms everywhere in the US and probably the world. I found it amusing that you called it lewd. I wouldn't have thought twice about such a common thing. Perhaps I spend much more time in women's restrooms than you, what?

Kirkbride specified the room sizes, the single rooms were specifically designed to be too small for two people - which is what the state in its wisdom did. Rooms were designed to be 9 x 11, or 10 x 8 with 12 foot ceilings, and 6'6" x 3' windows with 10 panes and doors 6'8" x 2'8"

The Kirkbride deisgn called for small dining rooms in each wing, and an underground 'railroad' system for moving food on carts on tracks from a central kitchen, then uploaded on dumb waiters.

rich_edwards - yes, Danvers is on the National Register; however, in America the National Register, as developed under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 is used as a form of identification rather than protection. Although a listing on the NR is still considered a form of protection. Every state in America has it's own laws and regulations based on and under the NR laws. Furthermore, the NR laws then get split into specific local laws, which means the term Preservation has many definitions depending on what state, county, or city you reside in.
A few key points listed in the registry process are as follows:
-A listing in the National Register honors the property by recognizing its importance to its community, State, or the Nation.
-Under Federal law, private property owners can do anything they wish with their National Register-listed property, provided that no Federal license, permit, or funding is involved.
-Owners have no obligation to open their properties to the public, to restore them, or even to maintain them, if they choose not to do so.

Mainly, once a property is listed on the National Register...let's say developers come in and try to prove it is more useful to tear down a structure for housing or for infrastructure. The SHPO and occasionally FPO must do a complete report on whether it is fundamental to save the property based on the imprtance it lends to Federal or State history or not. A listing on the register requires this report be done instead of say, the government using emminant domain on the property or worse saying "Okay" to the developers.

However, with many of our nation's developers pumping money into local, state and national campaigns and given the fact that section 106 of the National Preservation Act is under attack by developers and others it is a wonder America can preserve anything at all.

There is now a campaign by developers where I live to try and buy protected National Park lands from the government for new housing developments...
...Anyway I have no idea if this answered your questions and I could go on all day about the NRHP