4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

I like the street lamps better...

Why, yes, that does strangely resemble Sesame Street, with no street sign.

Funny, how the wooden fence looks to be in worse shape than the buildings.

Fairbanks Morse from Beloit! yay. -though it no longer exists-in which case, the large fenced-off lot would be a good fit around here ;)

the two windows resemble twin subway tracks past the end of the platform, when looking for the approach of the next train.

this seems like a place you wouldn't want to be in a lot of heavy shadows or light contrast...there's some rule about working on barges or whatever-never step in anything resembling a shadow, there might not be anything there to step on!

I suppose it really IS a mental institute, now that it's crumbling to pieces AND messing up the minds of us urban voyeurs!

nvus, I'll hazard a poetic guess that once the interior structure does all collapse, there is likely not much in those rooms (or in the case of massive junk pileup, it's unidentifiable anyway) ...so, all those doors to the formerly stark and empty little rooms will be liberated to the sunlight.

Maybe the paint peeling doesn't look that bad. If it were still green all over the walls, it would be considerably more ugly in low light.

Well, Twug, it was certainly ...supposed..to be...

Entrance next door? Maybe this was the exit.

This shot is just narrow and close-up enough to make it look like part of a mansion.

mmm, looks like a 2-building classroom combo at my college.

That IS interesting, come to think of it-an entire Kirkbride portion with no window boards.

chalk sharpener?? LOL.