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It's those glass cubes... this area was renovated or added onto the original Kirkbride - the doors in other sections were all wood.
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that counter is so cool how its looks like its "floating" in the air its amazing what kind of shots places that we ue give off.
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Other than for supporting the weight of the building, the basements contained steam pipes, passages for maintenance personnel, equipment for storage, and was also used as a fallout shelter.
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they do look like the collage form session 9 in the last part of the movie where he realizes that he killed his family and then goes really crazy.
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I think the skylight is to shed natural light down the center staircase in administration.
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Take a look at the beautiful ceiling medallion in the top right corner, its partially obscured by the fluorescent lighting that was fitted later.
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Twug, the clippings did not look related to each other in the sense of it being a collage.

Ed, I believe the Session 9 wall was either partly or entirely created by the film crew, this is the real stuff!
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Yes, there are a bunch that are still being used as psychiatric hospitals, including the ones in Independence IA, Danville PA, and Dayton OH.
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Awesome!!!!
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Ever installed any soap dispensers, Ed??
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Oh, for heaven's sake.
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Sigh . . . . . . .
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Your from VA rob? you know any good abandoned mental hospitals in the Danville/Pittsylvania County area?
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Wow, Thats a great shot, I watched Session 9 forever and a day ago, I diddn't know it was filmed here. In fact, when i saw this shot i thought, "Hey, this looks like the tunnel from Session 9", go figure right?
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Marty, you can have all my willlies. I don't like them!