860 Comments for Old Essex County Jail

Almost look like rocks with some antic-writings on them, if you use some other imagination than the cell-block real thingie bing.

You would think they'd make the hallways a little wider... It looks a lot like prisoners on either side would be able to reach into the middle.

Few things are still intact in this place....but the light bulb lives on....

Excellent shot! Reminds me of Alcatraz!

I have spent countless hours viewing your work over the last 5 years or so, and being an artist myself, I must say that your work has done much to influence my own oeuvre-

I recently moved from Oregon State to Boston to Study @ an art college here for a semester, and am hoping to explore whatever is left of the Mass Kirkbrides, though I fear that there isn't much-

I am considering going into architecture as a career, and have been designing my dream house for the past decade (If I am ever to have the means) and much of the overall scheme is based upon Kirkbride Design, which I hope to learn much more about...

I hope to pay homage to these lost edifices through contemporary design. and your photographs have done much to influence my thinking.

If you are interested in locations on the west coast, please let me know, I know of several hospitals (some looking kirkbride'ish though I am not absolutely sure if that is how they would be classified), and some cottage plans...

Given your mobility, you are likely to already have connections there, nevertheless, feel free to let me know...I think that they may have attributes that would satiate your developed tastes...

Till Then

I remain,
Mica and Mercury

Yeah, a caged animal , thats a good description. Really it isn't a life....it is only exsisting. I guess that's what you get when you do evil crimes. I think I'd rather just be dead than be caged like some animal. Exsisting like that isn't worth it. I could say the mental hospitals might be better but than yet not much. (other places that Motts has taken pictures of) but really horrible things happend there too. They were caged as well just for different reasons. Interesting pictures Motts.

Scary place....yeah the claustrophia would be kicking in for me too.....

Interesting shot Motts.....nice to see more gallaries up again!!! Great as always!!!

The title puts Sublime in my head, but the shot is so melancholy! I bet the acoustics of even footsteps in here would be amazing.

So so sad

I love how parts of the vine are curling around the bars, like it's bracing itself against the wall and getting ready to rip the bars down.

The inmates here definitely paid for their crimes, doing much harder time than most convicts do in these modern times.

otis cambells cell

sumone had a lil party going there

i wonder who was in that Cell number 104