3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

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[tightly squeezing eyes shut, jamming both fingers in ears]

~~~LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!!!!~~~

Thank goodness I can't hear or see a thing! :-)
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Hey Motts, I'm not sure where you live but i'm in the new york metro area and work for a construction supply company and we supply mag lights of many sizes and colors. I can get them for you at whole sale cost. It would have to be at the most 2 at a time, but i should not be a problem.

I figure i'd mention it since you said you lose them all the time.

Feel free to email me at buckykatt317@yahoo.com. After you contact me at the yahoo address i will give you my home email address.

I just don't want 50 orders for mag lights lol.

let me know!
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I'm curious how you know that Big Ed.
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Needless to say behind that door is a beach, ocean air and sun. You all should check it out.
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Hauntingly beautiful.... You are a master of this craft Motts.
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Wow, another great one Motts!!

BTW all, I have my Rainbow Brite sleeping bag ready!! ( I still have it and i'm 27!! lol)
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OMG, I opened this pic up at work with a full bustling office and lights on and it scared the crap out of me.

It's a great pic Motts..yet haunting..

It's beautiful how the pains of glass are all cracked. And how the darkness creeps into the hallway from behind your view.

I would love to walk around in a place like this. It is truly ashame it is being torn down instead of preserving the building.

Such bittersweet beauty...
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Ignoring the words, this is my take on the art:
Taking into account the fact that it is the stairs to the administration, it would seem as though the angels, the souls, are ascending the stairs to try reach salvation. People who are declared "insane" are often seen to be evil or useless members of society. Misunderstood, they search for the cure for their "disease", but often find that hospitals do nothing than make things worse.
The angels would be the "crazy" people going to get help, but it turns out the help is only more evil.
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That's eerie. I wrote a poem about it. This place is eerily beautiful in a broken, sick sort of way. I think I'm obsessed.
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these walls look blistered,as if they are weeping.i couldnt live in an apartment built over this place!its gotta house some sort of f*****up soul echo,right?
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the dude in the hallway looks like the fuckin devil
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This kind of reminds me of the movie "Rose Red." But, it is a beautiful building with lots of personality!
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I make no comment on tearing down, and renovation of DSH. I am a former employee, worked in the Kirkbride and Bonner buildings for 16 years, on the 11 to 7 shift. My Dad, and Aunt worked there as well. So I grew up a Hill brat so to speak. Nostalgically I think the demolition is a shame. It's been abandoned for 14 years. The Kirkbride was actually more or less closed several years before. The place is a fire trap. Asbestos is literally every where. The state was not going to take care of it . Let Avalon do their thing. The facades, somewhat, will remain. The place will be cleaner, safer, and still full of memories for former residents, employees, and the surrounding communities for as long as "The Hill" exists, in whatever incarnation it ends up in. I do not envy the condo owners. I'm sure the place is haunted. Destroying parts of the place will certainly arouse those grouned spirits that remain
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This is a picture of the J (2 or 3) ward. It's gone now. Back in the day, beds were lined up on both sides of the hallway. Beyond the nurses station desk is a dining room/kitchenette. Beyond that, is a service elevator that meals were delivered on. Directly across the hall from the desk are the seclusion rooms. The solarium is just behind the desk you see where the light 's coming from.
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hehe this reminds me of that scene in i think it was a clock work orange, where he has his eyes locked open and has to watch the movie lol i dont know why.