3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

goin up there at night was so scary....expecially when the person in the back doesnt have a light and cant see

How is this any different than the molds or decay that have overtaken these ruins? To me it all just blends together to create an interesting texture. Seems to me that graffiti is just another organic development in abandoned structures.

Unbelieveable!!!

Hi CJ,

Please tell me HOW a baby could end up there. 6 months??? Now, I believe I know you from elsewhere ( obvious from the screen name ) and am not doubting you in the least... but how can this happen!? 6 MONTHS OLD?! What about adoption? Were there no types of child services to step in in the early 70's? There are so many people out there willing to adopt a child... regardless of what problems a baby might have.

I just don't understand. Were things that different as far as services for children back then? I was born in the mid 70's but I know that now... if your child so much as goes to school with a bump on their head from falling that you shouldn't be surprised if you find HRS knocking at your door.

unsettlingly eerie

Looks like Goddog to me folks.

i dont know why your so amazed...its just a stencil..u know cut some peices out of card board then spraypaint over it....notice the spray marks around the edges..if u ask me im unimpressed

hey did you do the one of the woman face on the wall too i guess not looks like might of been done 10 or 15 years ago by looking at the picture on my computer screen.

yeah well I like your art work jonay still a very cool art piece

This picture just absolutely floors me...

One thing I loved about this place, it's almost like a nature preserve right in the middle of the city. birds singing,quiet and over grown, like a lost jungle city.

as I recall from changing goddog's bandage...14 stiches. he didn't just cut him self he gashed himself trying to let some air into a "hangout" room

I'm sure the freezer door law was passed for kids, not adults, however I can think of someone I'd lock in a morgue container if I had the chance.

ok i get the point CJ is a girl. maybe you could fit a couple more "shes" in that comment maybe a 4th or a 5th

Yes MadMan..SHE does rock. And I am very proud that she had been able to face the memories that she just didnt want to deal with, and was able to sit down and put into words what it was like, for both her ,working here,and the inmates of this place.