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Why throw anything out of the windows if you're not going to do anything with it anyway?

It still holds a faint whisper of living activity. Thanks to your work, I look at everything in a different light... a light that appears fifty to a hundred years from now.

I LOVE willies...In fact I need more in my life...

Is that real blood? And if so, I wonder which was put there first...

I absolutely love this place.. been there a million times.. and i was wondering if we could go?!.. HA HA its up to u..
ssmith1@pascack.k12.nj.us

email.. my school email so keep it clean lol

Gorgeous!!!Love your sense of perspective and light, Mr. Motts. These old hospitals are so exciting to see through your lens. You have a wonderfully romantic vision. Its great to see the insides of these places you always wondered about.

These spaces didn't have to look this bland the basic aesthetics of the place is attractive. The doorways are graceful and curving walls are very appealing. The blase' white walls must have made the place way too clinical. It's sad that the patients comfort was and sometimes still is the last they consider.

I was there yeterday. All the chairs were set up in 2 almost perfect circles. in the center of the circles was a strange configuration made up of some of the other chairs and other debris. Kind off spooky huh

Alexandra P. Clarke.....I would be very interested in seeing the photos that you have of this school...Perhaps you could contact me at : Radioguyglenn@aol.com. Thank you in advance!

how do you find these places?

have you seen the movie session 9? thats what this website reminds me of.

Whenever you describe a setting as having been "pitch black", I am always astonished at how well the photos are done; especially the richness of the colors or the contrast and midranges of the monochromes. Very nice. I think what you do is, in many ways, an important public service, in that buildings have a life cycle, but usually the only aspects of the existence of the building that are documented are the creation, the usage, and sometimes, the very end and demolition of the building. I don't beleive there is wide-spread documentation of the actual _decay_ of the empty building between the end of it's useful life and its demolition.


Besides, urban decay totally fascinates me. ;)

I can see it now, "Kirkbride Condominiums at Danvers", none of the yuppies would get the significance

The roof here is pretty solid, the problem areas are where the original slate roof is gone, exposing the wood underneath to the elements, which in turn makes the hole bigger, drips down into the interiors, and starts a chain reaction of slow destruction.

I've seen them in many Kirkbride buildings, I'm not sure if they are a standard form of their construction though.