3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

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Shermmii,
You are verbally intense. I am enjoying your comments.
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But the colors make it almost pretty, if not exactly inviting....
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This chair looks about as stable as the millions of patients who passed thru here.
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Being locked in this sinister hell would make you PREFER to lose your mind.
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The exotic side of Philly's underbelly playing to a full house of empty seats.
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A small cube of hell. Pity the patients who had to try to survive here. Maybe pity the staff who had to watch over them more, if they happened to have a caring bone in their body.
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Parallel shafts of sun pierce the dank debris.
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OMG! GD has a soul! Who wuld have know it! LoL.
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This whole building was a statement. Basically showcasing the money they had spent on "care of the mentally ill". But what went on in there was sick. as RD said, the major pharmacutical companies at the time (the building opened in 1950), needed labrats so we today could benefit from such spectacular drugs as boner pills and birth control, among many others. All the "psycoactive" drugs we have today came at the cost of many lives from this building and all like it throughout the country. Hence the reason for an autopsy room with student seating, and a good size morgue, 10 on ice at a time. What a shame
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Radical Ed, Sorry to be a bother, but if you have any other cool Abannoned places pics, i would love to see them! E-mail me anytime. Thanks, Ed from Oregon
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The Devil's Tonsils.
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Radical Ed - Thanks for the pics!
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I actually took off a year from work several years back and made my living selling crap on eBay, and buttons were one of my best sellers. I LOVE buttons. But I would like a couple from here just for my ownself. Mr. Radical Ed, sir, please send me a mailing address via Motts and I'll even send you money for postage plus a little extra for a 6-pack to help you make it through the site again. ;-)
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Dude, there's thousands of little black buttons all over the rooms and hallways in this part of Byberry. Look in the pic on the floor. I'll pick up a handful next time I'm there and post after I get 'em.
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so can one actually get a button? i grew up in suburbia around philly and use to come here as a kid with my brother and hand out cigarettes to the patients. around 1985. this site is unbelievable.