4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

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Interesting how the symmetry of the Kirkbride design is quietly altered with the placement of the chimney on the right and the chimney protruding from the central tower.
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Ugh, that constant chirping of the smoke detectors must've been really aggravating (although it says something for the lifespan of the batteries).

Funny how this wing is peeling so badly while the older wards just had crumbling plaster revealing the underlying brick.
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I love the fluorescent fixture balanced precariously on the edge of the chasm of missing floor. How many floors are missing there (you say top floor, how many floors did this section have....four like the others?)
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Must've been lovely when this was a new institution....lovely colors that reflected sunlight in so many ways.
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Is the floor missing beneath those far red-edged windows, or is it me?
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So would I, silkster, so would I!
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A multi-story chasm....how eerie!
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What is hanging from the foremost fan??
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What's the outside of this wall look like?
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THAT IS WHY I NO LONGER GO TO THE "BERRY"!!!!!! Oh Man what a night that was!
Good thing I had I wasn't flat-chested as a kid! The one and only timeI can say that I really didn't mind these damn things.
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If you think about it, you can see those as being the legs of someone desperately holding on to the floor above after they fell through whilst exploring.
*tickle tickle* lol
Just Kidding!
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I can just hear the crash in the dead of night when this falls through the floor below.
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I just had to comment again. I don't know what it is but this photo gives me an oppresive, overwhelming feeling of sadness. Same with the pictures where things are starting to fall through holes in the floor. I guess its like seeing something on its deathbed, the last person to see it "alive." I don't know what it is, but it almost makes me feel sick with sadness.
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Ooo, pretty colours!
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This is called "letterpress" and that's what was used in all printing shops until the invention of "offset" presses, which used cameras and negatives to make plates for printing. Great photos you have here, and an excellent site!