3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

wow,, thats is freaking amazing, Motts, i LOVE HOW YOU CAN SEE THE DUST FLOATING IN THE SUNLIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, A WONDERFUL PICTURE!!

it def looks like someone screaming, a giant mouth, yummy.

I love how the sunlight illuminates the microscopic particles of asbestos floating in the air. Great picture.

I do not like the tags, the fires, the trash, or the broken windows. The pictures are great, but the vandalism is appalling. We should take better care of these wonderful monuments to our cultural and scientific history.

shame it had to be demolished..

but its sad they let a place like this go to waste.. because it could have helped some people see how it was like to be in some state hospitals and this one was shut down because of lack of money.. such a shame

just a shame that people had to ruin such history. and it happens in a lot of places not just phily..

yes i agree with angel.. and another thing is this place is haunted beyond belief.. and i couldnt imagine what some of the people went thru because they did not understand the mental health.. and the trephening i heard about man.. who would wanna drill a hole in someones head to release the demons
*shutter*

some people do not understand what some others know because they have been in state hospitals.. i never have been but i could imagine

it would be so cool to get an EVP from Byberry.. and the graffit no offense but what do you expect from some people from the philly area.. they have no respect for history.. and so many gangs and all down there.. so sad

i couldnt imagine being in a facility like that and what i hear about norristown and all too its scary but so true

I work in a state run Psychiatric Center in another state not to far from PA & sadly what most of the people entering these buildings (mainly kids to hang out & drink) don't realize is that they are ALL aspestos insulated & all that dust , debris & paint chips have aspestos fibers in it...Leaving them open to aspetosis & mesophilioma...all of our closed buildings at my facility are marked with this info were these buildings?

Um... asbosts...?? Pacle? Ugh... does opacity.us cause certain brands of keyboards to malfunction in the comment section? Because I have noticed a WHOLE LOT of amazingly indecipherable text on here. Wow.

Years after the fact and obviously shunning the graffiti comments, I did want to comment that the placement of the candle is awesome. I just dig it: the picture, the ambiance, everything. Too bad this place is no more! :-(

Incredible!