1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

I'm gonna put a mid 70's dating on this machine, 'cause of the 35 cent price and the 'served in cans' inscription. 60's machines were 25 cents (or less) and dispenced you a bottle. 80's machines were 50 cents and more colorful.

If you had a thin arm and wrist, you could reach up the shute fairly easy and maneuver one can at a time out. Bottles were much trickier. Nowadays, you need a bomb.

hmm looks like the early 80's even though i was born in 89' lol..but hmm wish i had some "change" wink wink (for those of you who didnt get it i was joking because today they usually cost a dollor)

this building looks like factory and a big one !

It is a little strange that it is so polished. Everything else in the other photos is torn up. Why did this piece of stainless steel stay nice? Who is cleaning it?

Really interesting seeing the before and after pics. LOVE the bookcases!
Even looks like it has one of those ladders that slide along the length of it, so you can reach any book you want with ease.

God i remember walking these halls with my mother at a young age. 3 generations of my family worked here. My grandmother who worked here in the late 60's, my mother in the 80's till around 91-92 and my brother.

ridiculous. i got a can for $1.25 few days ago...

i'm so jealous u get a lot of snow out there

I was just there. I did almost get cought. Ironically the only escape from the police was goin into the building for some reason they dont follow us in. They rather play flashlight games threw the windows. Has anyone seen the dead cat? or the bats?

I worked at CK Post Addiction Treatment Center which is housed in one of the "smaller" buildings on the campus. The patients would go for healthwalks and sometimes they would be taken to the mourge or other buildings by alumni guides who knew the grounds very well. Security is lax but it is a possibility to get aressted for tresspassing.There is also a tunnel system built for easy navigation during the winter months. This was another route to the morgue for the patients on the walk. There was also an LIRR station just for Pilgiim. It is still there decaying. Working there especially at nights in seculed areas you could hear strange noises and feel a "presence". It was rather spooky. However , I became used to it and would "talk " to the "presence" which often quieted the noises.

Thanks Bluecorvette!
LOL I can't believe how long it took me to find this post. that sight is really cool.

i was employed at PSH from 1953-60, at Bldg.63, (Staff house) Also lived in the "circle" for a time. pilgrim was such a vastly beautiful place, some of the best days of my life spent there. Recently drove thru grounds and was moved to tears at the disgrace of condition it is in now. It was a wonderful time in my life.

That building is #25 and it was renovated in the mid 1990s, now has AC and all the modern amenities. It looks rough from this view, but if you were to look at it from the other side it is a magnificent structure and will be in use for many more years.
Also, Bldgs 81-82-83 were renovated around 1999-2000 and in fact an addition was just built on the west side. A new powerhouse, much smaller, has replaced the old one which was shut down in late 2004. The upper (coal furnace) sections of the old powerhouse were abandoned in 1984 when the oil burners were added on the north side extension. Many of the buildings on utility road WILL be preserved so PLEASE don't damage anything!

no such tunnels to KPPC exist, nor do any leading to the long-gone Edgewood complex.