1,522 Comments for Metropolitan State Hospital

hmm...

me thinks me would have bleached that bad boy. =]

icky wicky eeeew...

I visited my uncle there back in the 1950's when I was 12 or so. As we approached the building I saw a man walking in continual circles and wondered what in the world was that about..... My uncle was hidden away there from the rest of the family - my mother never told me where we were going, only that we were going to see my "uncle". We brought him a fruit and candy basket. We sat down with him and he made almost no eye contact; just kept eating what was in the basket, as if he thought someone else might get it if he didn't eat it all. I remember thinking I'd never seen anyone eat 3 rolls of Lifesavers in a row....I was able to get a copy of his medical records and thankfully it looks like nothing horrid was done to him. In retrospect, the man was probably autistic or learning disabled, and for that he spent a lifetime in an insane asylum. He was cast out into a nursing home when Met State closed.

I don't really think this room looks especially intimidating.
The tile is nicely coloured, the lighting isn't bad. The high ceiling also makes a nice feeling.

I worked these wards as a high school/college student and wandered around a lot. Understand the comments about impact of visual pics, and agree they're impressive, but there was a lot of real life going on here - even I appreciated that at a young age. Just wanted to inject a real world thought in memory of the many folks that lived here in a different world.

Worked there in '58 in kitchen as a 15 yr old kid. My mother had worked in Admin bldg earlier, and I learned to type in the record room hanging out there as an 10 yr old kid. Later worked the wards (mostly in New Building ) in high school and college) and basically grew up, learning both from patients and other attendants. Lot of sad things, discussions with many patients, but there was a lot more enjoyment too. I learned a lot about life from both patients and hanging around grounds with attendants and occasionally with student nurses. Taught me a lot about people..from both patients and workers and I'll miss not being able to see the old grounds. I learned to drive in the back roads when I was 15 and learned a lot in later years at the Cottage Crest, a nearby restaurant anyone familiar with Met will know.

YOU WOUD THINK THAT THIER WOULD BE ALOT OF SPIRIT ACTIVITY GOING ON.BUT OTHER THAN THE EYES IN THE DOOR ON THE LAST PIC I AM SEEING NOTHING SO FAR.

LOOKING IN WHILE SOMETHING LOOKING OUT.

wow

Thanks Joseph... I have traveled to East and West Germany this summer and plan to visit again once I have funds. I have many photos of really great places waiting to get put online from there, as well as other nearby countries.

stephen21, Thank you for replying.

When I look at the photographs on this website I write down the first thing that comes into my head because that is the most honest thing. And sometimes these photos will remind me of places and countries that I have been to or experiences that I have had while I been traveling throughout the world.

I LOVE this web site! I have looked at other websites that are somewhat similar to Motts website. And I can say for sure that those websites can't hold a candle to Motts website.

In fact, all those websites SUCK !!!

There are alot of old buildings here in East Germany. Mott should go to East Germany. (Of course bring a couple of people who speak, read and write perfect German and know there way around.) I have driven thru a little bit of East Germany. There are still alot of old buildings there. The young East Germans have thrown rocks thru the windows of these old buildings. And there is alot of graffiti on these buildings. There are portions of East German towns and small East German cities that look like ghost streets because the young East German people have left for West Germany to look for jobs. Alot of the young East German men have a hard time finding work because they do not have as good an education as the West German men. The education system under the old communist regime within the USSR did not prepare the young East German men for a good career. This is very evident because I have seen many young East German men at the Western German (haupbahnhof) train stations asking for money for food. Of course they spend the money on beer and wine. And to see a German man walking down the street with a bottle of beer or a bottle of wine in his hand and drunk as hell is absolutely no big deal here. The East German women are doing better at getting jobs than the East German men because they are better educated. They must of tried harder in school. I have taken only a few photographs because I have not had that much of a chance to travel around East Germany. And the weather is getting worse so I will have to wait until Spring to travel again. Trying to travel around Europe in the Winter is not easy.

Thank you again.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

12:57 A.M. / Monday / 12 / November / 2007

Interesting.

I think the same thing Joseph

I love the under hampered plant growth. So beautiful.

Ok so this is the single most creepy photo on your site. Its is awesome but *shudders* y'know what I mean. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow...