3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

Yes, I hope to visit Kentucky very soon, although I am not sure how far the sanatorium has been renovated / cleaned up...

Motts,Have you ever thought about comming down to Kentucky and taking pictures like this of Waverly?

Just went to the link on the history of BYBERRY, VERY INTERESTING! I used to work in an institution here in Louisvile Kentucky, If those wall could talk you would hear some terrible stories, HELL, things re still pretty iffy there sometimes .

Radical Ed, is there anyway that I could have a cd of those sessions? would love a tour but since I live in Oklahoma that would be hard.

Motts, Love your photos, you have done an astounding job.

Since the building has been demolished, I am guessing you are a public exhibitionist.

I'd love to have sex in this building.

We went to the nearby gardens where the people from the city would grow thier veggies. We would steal us a sweet melon and go munch at byberry. Well this one day we decided to grab a melon someone spotted us and started chase , about three of these crazed gardeners chased us right into one of the buildings. When we got to the top floor we heard one of the guys coming up the stairs. So we hopped out onto the roof and it was very steep about 5 floors high. My sneakers were really worn on the bottoms and I was having major problems securing my footing. I slowly kept sliding off of this roof, which by the way the shingles were so old they would just crumble as you slid. Anyway here we are four of us on the roof and a guy hanging out the window we just climbed out of swinging a machete screaming at us about stealing his fruit. I can laugh now but I was about 14 when this took place and it was the most terrified I had ever been in my life.Finally my friend saw my dilemma and carefully helped me back up to the peak where it was safe.Eventually the guys gave up thier chase,afraid to venture onto to the treacherous roof.
I grew up in these abandoned buildings and I wouldn't want to change a thing. What an incredible childhood byberry provided for me and my friends.
I am glad you guys created this site to share this memorable event from my childhood.
Peace out all you crazy people. Nottingham Rulz 4 LIFE !

I was climbing down a cluttered stairwell most likely inhebriated most comfortably but slipped and my hand reached out for something to stop my fall, wouldn't ya know there was a door with a small square window that was smashed out and my palm thumped right ontop of a peice of glass protruding from the bottom. Needless to say " It Hurt ". Oh ,and there was this other time..

I grew up in Nottingham and walked the RED BRICK ROAD thru the woods to byberry every other day just about. It's truly sometplace that every kid should be able to explore. I found myself and my good friends walking the halls of byberry at midnight having drinking parties there and sometimes tripping my face off while exploring this ominious group of delapitative structures. I still have at the bottom of my palm which actually went right thru to the bone when it happened.

Dogbone6-autoclave won't get hot enough to cremate people...just bacteria and protazoa....

For some reason, this is the creepiest picture of all..When I was about 7, we lived just up the street from Byberry....or maybe I was really a patient there and I was too young to remember. Chills.... miss Philly

i LiKE iT ... DONT LET LOSER LiKE DEM '' PUT U DOWN FOR THE ART DAT THERE HATin on =)

Hahahahah im so ganking this picture...i wrote the "blunt that never ends" song directly above the 1st person on the rafter facing the bleachers there... specifically cause of what is happening in this picture...who knows i could be in it ;)

wtf i never did find that room... anyone still got one? hit me up

thisjokerswild@gmail.com

if i remember correctly some people fired some rounds down the hall onetime... just for shiz and giggles

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