3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

That is a HUGE exhaust fan. I'm fairly certain that most chemical experiments back in the day had a few very toxic results. I'd be a bit worried about the asbestos as well. That is some nasty nasty stuff.

It looks like the outline of a tremor bursting out of the ground. If you seen any of the Tremor movies you'll now what i'm talking about.

ITS FUCKIN HUGE!!!!

everything about berry was erie. But theres something about that place that makes you wanna keep coming back

i miss this place so much. nurses stations were a great place to post up and smoke some herb.

Now that these buildings are gone, what will these vandals do?
Only in cities is this vandalism considered "art".
These vandals should get a box of crayons and some paper...

These seats are just like the ones that were in our old school auditorium . Of course it's long gone and replaced now!

There were four beds to a cubical. This is one of the older ones where the patients needed observation. Most had been changed to rooms with no door and the half walls were then walls. You entered an access hallway which had two doors for privacy with no view of the rooms themselves. Each bed had a large standing locker so that when you were sleeping you couldn't see your neighbor. As for Urine and walking and crying, if someone was upset they usually were taken by staff to the main area to the nurses station or the dayroom where they would have staff one on one with them and be offered something for sleep or to help with the upset.

How do I know? I worked nights. The only units that had problems with having to change the sheets in the morning were two. One was low functioning MR clients who were in a 'residual unit' because they had to many issues [violence] to be in an MR program. They frankly didn't want them. And the Geri unit and if you ever worked a nursing home, you change beds in the middle of the night, morning, afternoon, evening, you name it. It goes with the territory. Was there abuse? Oh yeah but by the 80s it wasn't the 40s style. How do I know? I was one of the ones who reported it to the state.

LIZA MANELLI!!

Although, when you think about it, perhaps Graffiti is just another part of the general decay of an abandoned place. I think people really object because it reminds them that others have been there before they came through. And everyone has a certain Star Trek Mentality.. "To boldly go where no man has gone before.." kind of thing. Yes?

meant hall not head. I have to go to the head (old Marine phraseology).

put it on its side with the bottom pointed down a long head and knock the valve off with a hammer. Should be fun.

I don't care what it says, or why whoever put it there put it there. Whomever did it is a waste of oxygen, with only the intelligence God gave the common muskrat.

all the graffiti is just appalling. Its disgusting. People have no respect for anything other than their own selfish desires. Its sad. We're a society of 10 year old children. little more than monkeys with car keys.

get a lawn mower