688 Comments for Western Center

It kind of looks like a wedding band.

Creepy. Like something out of a film noir. Good use of black/white.

I'd like to hope its just mould and rust

I like those lightshades, they look somewhat industrial.

An evil torture device to inflict pain and agony upon innocent victims.

My guess is that hung on the wall, and a ring was placed on the knobs to indicate the date. That, or they hung enema bags on it.

That is a row of clubs that the nurses used to discipline the inmates.

This place is infested with reform school zombie girls from hell. The best kind.

Oddly enough, my first thought was, if you gotta puke, you don't have to get on your knees like you're praying to the porcelain god! (I admit, my sense of humor can sometimes be very... off.)

Also, being 4'10", if that WAS a crapper, I'd need a small ladder to use it.

Thanks, Dylan and Neariel. You got it just right. It's sarcastic humor, not a note from some poor child wishing for death, or whatever. It was originally from SNL. If you don't think it's funny, move along, but don't read so much into it.

Definitely not a helipad. Those are usually in fields or on the tops of buildings. If you look, though, the faded markings at the topmost of the asphalt pad look like it used to be a basketball court. So maybe the bullseye pattern was painted on for some sort of game.

The crib looks old, probably doesn't meet the updated standards for cribs nowadays. It's a beautiful piece, though and would look nice as an antique-y display. I'm pro-life, too, by the way... pro-keep-the-old-historic-places-alive, that is. Motts captures the last breaths of life in these old buildings with his camera... so he's my hero.

Those chairs are SOOO uncomfortable if you have to sit in them for an hour-long group session or something. Your skin sticks to the pleather. And the rigid sides are way hard on the arms. Still, these seem to be in remarkably good shape. They probably aren't much used in more updated hospitals, which may be why they're still here.

@Ed Morris: I doubt it; the number of holes in the paper are not consistent with the amount in the board.

Reminds me of a movie theater for some reason.