3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

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My dad says he was born there :D
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Hi everyone, its been a few years back but I was part of the demo crew that knocked down byberry, you guys made our job so much easier, it was like a group of crack heads exploded on the place. There was some good stuff left that we took, pictures, photos, even some patient records that were still good, Thanks , BM
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Nice shot. Stairs are for the rigging system. Top floor is the high steel where all the head blocks are, the loading floor for the arbors, the fly floor and the lower loading floor would have all been accessible from this stairwell. Really good condition for its age too.
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isn't afflec an insurance company?
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i'm telling ya, that def looks like a good time! lol
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I love this.
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Say Ahhhh.
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I like the chairs...its so...I don't know.
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Candyman. Candyman. Candyman
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Trail of blood...? OMG
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This bed looks a lot different than the other institutional ones in the Time photos.
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This is a suicide jumpers dream.
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Great shot.
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Can this place be saved and used for something positive.
I am looking to start a non profit org.
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Wow! Such advanced decay is fascinating to me. I'm all for saving historic sites, but this place just had to go. I'm thankful that Motts preserved it in it's dying days in photography.