4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

ACTUALLY THE BIG BUILDING IS HOME DEPOT, BUT GOOD GUESS NAUSEOUS.

The panoramics definately give us an idea of the enormity of this site. I hope they preserve it, as it appears to be a great architechtural achievement.

I'd have to agree with Exile. It looks like an old offset press I used to run on occasion in college. My vote is AB Dick, Ex.

RIVERSIDE IS A MUST SEE! AS ANY KIRKBRIDE IS. BUT HERE YOU GET BONUS NEWER BUILDINGS WHICH ARE INCREDIBLE ALSO. SEE MOTTS' LAST PIC.

haunting

the color contrast between the walls and rusted ceiling is visually arresting! i love this one.

beautiful... and sad, it is like the view a person would have before jumping

You can actually see the indentions and wrinkles in the mattress where someone slept.

oh my, ~Me , I was teasing: X is the female chromosome !
...I get all emotional looking at Mr. Motts photos- I worry that I get too wordy at times...I appreciated that you enjoyed my comment is all :-)

OMG! What the heck is an X or a Y, anyhow?!

~Me used to be an X - don't know if she still is, however . . .

you got me!?

oh, shoot, ~Me (not literally, please!)

...much obliged...I'm a X ; are ya'll a Y , I hope ;-)

I LOVE QUEST! I LOVE QUEST! I LOVE QUEST!

My comment will be dated herein!....Looking at this magnificent photo: I think total loss...from water... from structural collapse? No matter...it is utter horror and finality....Did it take decades to amass this chaos or was it just one unbelievable week (in New Orleans?) that created this scene of total devastation?
Mr. Motts, I do believe your fantastically lit black & white has captured a timeless sadness that can be felt or construed by anyone from any period... You've captured a universal feeling of finality that can be felt through the eye of any beholder :'{