4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

As Lynne has taught us... This is Mott's Teleportation Device. Only he is showing off an older version.
For those of you who can't figure out how he gets into old buildings. This is how.. he simply teleports there. If you don't believe me, keep looking there is proof of him near his Master Teleportation device......

Here in Northern California, the majority of the mines are now in either State Parks, or on Private Property. You can still purchase a home here that has mineral rights to the mine that is on that land, prohibiting you from Commercial Mining, but not from Private Mining, as your home insurance will now have to cover you if you put yourself in a hole in the ground.
Many of the old buildings that would be closed in every other city are still in business, and the owners work to preserve the history of the buildings here. So much so that a favorite coffee shop of Serrena's and mine, has had to start closing at 5pm. because they were having problems with vandalism of the historic site that it is in.
The building is an old Soda Works. On the first floor of the building is a mine shaft, that goes back about 200 feet. Because of the constant temperature in the mine shaft it was once used as an Ice House.
I promise to not tell you about the graffitti in there, or about how the kids think it is perfectly okay to kick the brick walls until mortar falls out and they now have a growing hole. To think this building isn't even vacant...

Again, nothing short of awsome!

My folks are good friends with an antique dealer. While we never had access to some of the buildings in Detroit, because of the age and decay inside them. Turn of the century homes that were slated for demolition, were often opened by the original owners for Collectors and Antique dealers to go in and obtain what they could,
The owners would offer no help, so the removal of some structures within a home often required careful planning.
One would not want to remove the solid oak and leaded glass french doors and archway from a weight bearing wall first.
One house we worked in we removed a clawfoot tub, a cast iron kitchen sink, with hand pump.
We had also removed stained glass windows.
So yes obtaining hand crafted and antique items can be down, howver, it has to be done almost immediately or the decay and vandalism results in both decreased value and irrepairable damage, so that it wouldn't be worth removing.

Wow! Looks like a mix between the Centeral Islip State Hospital and the Pilgrim state hospital power plants.

I love this shot!

sweet shot!

You're most welcome, Trep. Pictures are always a good thing. I'm glad you feel 'inspired' by Mr. Motts' work. He inspires a lot of us.

Thank you Serrena. 8 )

I'm not much of a photographer. My ex-wife was very good at it though, and i learned to appreciate good photos from her. It's encouraging to know that Mr Mott uses a digital camera to capture these images. Makes me want to go out and find something to take pictures of.

8 )

If you go to "About," Mr. Motts says:
I use a Canon EOS Digital Rebel and a Sony DSC-F707. Hope that helps. :-)

Sorry if there's a FAQ somewhere with this info, but what type of camera do you use for these shots? Is it a 35mm, a larger format, digital?

You're an excellent photogragher. I'm jealous. 8 )

looks more like a crypt than a connecting hallway.

was the door intact? Maybe so one ran at the door when it was closed, crashed thru, it and then road the door down to the next floor... Maybe I read too much into it =P

Not to mention wicker would be near impossible to clean.

Why is it these always seem to look good? The company that made these must be the same company that makes the black/orange boxes for planes.