4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

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Haha. At first thought it looked like something out of a 'nightmare on elm street' film. A great shot again Motts. Great work man
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The lights in the distance make this photo just amazing.
Great work!
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Nice shot reminds me of the shining for some reason.
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Those are paint cans and they look new, no rust. I wonder how they got there and when.
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Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggty Allll Righttttt!
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you know Bellevue Hospital in NYC still uses a variation of those....
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you know, these long range shots remind me of Fort Totten in Queens, NY...a long abandoned army base
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what the heck does that mean anyway?
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wow...that place is huge
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All typesetters and printers can read upsidedown and backwards.The tool used to put the type in is a composing stick.The case for storage is called a California Job Case.However,this type looks like a Ludlow,Which means each line is cast separatley from molten lead.then melted down and used over again.Typesetting is rapidly becoming obsolete.(or opaque,if you will)
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Building came online in 1952 I do believe. Yes, in many respects this is creepier than the Kirkbride building. The 'courtyard' on the north side is really good for that - you are in a canyon of barred windows up to the sky...
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Well, that would be the lightning rod, which is the taller piece of metal on the right side... but the lightning supposedly struck the male ward, not administration.
I wonder if the coat rack thinks it's the last of it's kind. The Last LIttle Coat Rack That Could.
I think this tree was visible from one of the roof shots. Where did all it's limbs go?
No longer used for CPR, this baby dummy is free to to run wild in it's natural habitat, dancing on chalkboards.