407 Comments for Rancho Los Amigos

I grew up I. Downey, every other year we used to jump over and try new spots, untill finally the city decided to put more cops and more fencing all around. I was able to capture recording tapes and pictures of patients. They would test vaccines and other stuff on them, that I can’t write about...

There is a very creepy looking heater hanging in the upper right corner. Very ugly and disgusting especially with the rust

I'm glad you had the opportunity to photograph these buildings. Don't know if you are aware, just last night two of the abandoned buildings were set on fire and have been lost.
Thank you for conserving their history.

Hey bro good shot

It is a really creepy hospital i don't know if it's creepier the Linda vista hospital In la

This is the end of the light source going into the projector, not the projector itself. The dial controls the speed of the feed of the carbon rod creating the light (which slowly burns up) and has nothing to do with the framing rate.

@Carolyn: Oh settle down. Most of those people aren't even alive anymore. Things were handled very differently in the past, and those records were already decades old by the time they closed that hospital, as you have to keep them on file for a number of years before you can get rid of them. Talk about overreaction. Shredding also wasn't common then, and I guarantee you they didn't promise anyone they would be destroyed.

@kathleen: Unless you were a patient there before they closed THIS hospital in the early 80's, you have nothing to worry about. You obviously go to the current location. Again, those records would have been decades old by the early '80's, and I doubt you've been a patient THAT long.

The county animal shelter is right next to this place on Garfield.

In my experience, permission is rarely given due to liability concerns, but you can certainly give it a shot.

I'm a student photographer, I was wondering if we need to speak to someone about having a small photo shoot assignment in the hospital? Do we need to pay or get a permit?

These old buildings are in the far southwest corner of the campus, between Imperial Hwy and Gardendale St.

Thanks for the great pics! This is a great hospital they have been taking care of me for 30 years :)

WOW! I still can't believe I've been a patient for 30 years and had no idea these building exist. My husband would have loved these photos

Rancho has pics of my feet oh no!

My husband died in 2012 . He was a rancho patient also wonder where his records are I'm going to try to get them