1,476 Comments for Letchworth Village

I used to work at Accubite, a very very large dental supply company. The owner of the company, Dr. Costello actually helped create a more modernized version of bite trays for use. They are plastic, with soft mesh instead of hard plastic all the way throughout. The cool thing was, when he was first experimenting with sizing, comfort, etc... we got to be voluntary guinea pigs = D

One of the first trays he had tried out, were way to big to fit comfortably in one of my co-workers mouths, and caused her discomfort, because of that, he resized the sidings of the trays. Really neat stuff to be a part of. Unfortunately, the company closed a few years ago, with no explanation. The workers got to work on a Monday, were handed a box, and told to get their stuff. It saddened me greatly, as Doc C was a great person, and very caring. Sorry for the rambling, seeing these brought back memories.

You can see a not-so-great pic of the Neo Trays he helped create here:
http://www.issaquah-dl.com/samples.html

(they are the neon colored ones, I don't care to remember how many of them things I had to count by hand during inventory days)

soap dispencer

They suck out blood, vomit, saliva, whatever... usually from the mouth but if this is a surgical area, then it can also be used in the body cavity.

you gotta go. you gotta go....lol

Hey guys. I have worked for HVDDSO aka Letchworth for 7years now. I work in a group home in Orange Cty. My father has over 30 years with DDSO and my mom just about the same. I used to visit when I was young but I never saw anything creepy or scary. These people did live in horrendous conditions in the 70's but things changed dramatically through the 80's. I love my job and taking care of these guys. Group homes are much better than the village as the guys live a normal life and do normal things like we all do. Thanks and take care.

There are tunnels I have been in them, they had to blow two of them up because of the new school, they are the size of a two car road, and have steel access covers every couple hundred feet, be careful full of lead paint and asbestos ,

after school some friends and me pried open a boarded door, and went inside this place. its really awful. theres some sick things in there. terrible. btw, in the curtain hallway, that IS blood on the walls.

No that's just the shadows from around the curtain.

Looks like one of those small, long windows they used to put in institutions to let a little light in. The flashlight has a yellow hue to it, but the other light has a blue tint, like light from the outside. Is that room full of water? What's with the black ooze?

this place used to inject children with polio vaccine before it was given to the general public, they experiemented on kids! This was an evil place and the people who worked there were scarier then the patients!!!

Letchworth Village was closed because the patients there were seriously neglected and abused by the staff. It was terrifically overcrowded. At oone point it was housing 4,500 patients at a time. Kids who were committed did not all have beds they slept on the floors and were treated like animals. It was not unlike the conditions of WillowBrook Institution which was also closed. Geraldo Rivera reported these abuses on the news years ago and made major investigatory reports and it blew these places wide open...now, they have been closed. Letchworth was one of the largest mental health institutions on the East Coast. It was an astounding disgrace, the way the patients were treated. Many of the patients were seriously ill and mal-treated. I've seen video of the reports and they are truly disturbing. Human beings should never be treated that way and it should never be allowed to occur again. The staff consisted of Doctors, various therapists and lots of aides, that truly never have been allowed to work with innocent sick people, including children.

Letchworth has become my new other 'life.' When im not occupied by the bazillion things i have to do, I'm off in space thinking about it. i go whenever i have the chance and I'd love to go with some more die-hard Letch fans. i can say I've been in many of the buildings and kno my way around pretty well, but I know I've still got a lot to learn about it. I welcome any new info, stories, ANYTHING about it absoultely fascinates me! .anyone drop me a line if u ever wanna explore in a group or to just talk about this new passion of mine..Letchworth of course ;)

i KNEW there were tunnels! now if only i had the ONE..courage to venture down tot ehm and TWO..well..could find them..

im SO up for a group tour, i say we all met sometime and take pics before it all goes down..WHO'S WITH ME?!?! =]

wait..the morgue isnt in the pwerhouse building..why is this picture is this gallery then?

Come on 777!