5,961 Comments for Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Aw, soo sad.

This was one of the last buildings to close. According my research at least one section contained wards for more violently disturbed patients, but that was shortly after it was built in the 30's. Technically they called it "Continued Care". It's listed that way until it closed in 1995.

Are they on a table or the floor? That looks like a door in the background.

Ah! Motts I love you! Kings Park, my personal obsession!

... now trees ... there is something about trees - which carries me back home (arkansas county) we had a big tree once (dear readers) and big mightnot be the word for our be-lated/be-loved tree - it makes one wonder - what all did our big tree witness in the course of its live time - how old was our be-loved tree (???) it is hard to say - all I can tell you is that it was big and that tells me that it was old indeed (six people holding hands) in order to reach around it (an oak) as we spent generations marching under its shade - and taking its beauty for granted ... one day I plan to write about our big tree - in order to make up for all the times we (in our community) should have been having a little more appreciation for this gentle giants presence - and in my book I plan to share much about other trees (national & global) who may have something in common with our tree ... it has come to my attention that there are pictures of our big tree in the hands of families who lived and grew up in our community - since that is so - we maybe able to register our big tree with the dept of the interior (dc) and give it the recognition that it so rightly deserves - am not going to leave this task to others - am going to take care of this matter myself ... our big tree stood just a little ways off from our community ministers household - which makes this family of people - the big trees (guardian) therefore it would be only the right thing to do - by naming our big trre for this familys grand-daughter (nona) once the our tree has become registered ... a note of thanks please - ms e m garrison (usa) pine bluff arkansas ... cc:emg/wl ... of course we maybe able to check our county and state records - for infomation (landmark status) and this research should give us some ideas on how old our dear tree should be (an estimation) before it was felled - thank you once more ...

I took two courses in college but didn't do so well; I wasn't very motivated to learn or experiment until I discovered these places, so I suppose I'm 75% self-taught...

They were pieces of literature I wasn't particularly interested in; I forgot the titles.

No, not here.

i agree with birdy, those chairs have an intense presence

Nice. It is a cool looking hall, I dig the colors a lot. In this shot it has a creepy feel to it. Which his cool by me. Makes exploring all the more fun. Those who have been there in person are lucky, and I can only hope that the buildings stick around for a while in good shape so that others can explore them as well.

I agree, and natural frame of it implies that it is "locked in" somehow. Resigned to it's fate of decay unable to reverse course. Motts I have not read a biography or anything have you taken classes or are you self taught?

Well done, it really looks like an ancient castle turret than anything else. I think the angle lends to the sense of power and strength, and the growth implies that it has withstood nature and time. A very nice shot.

Judging from the decomposition(I don't really know the location, but it seems like a fairly closed-off room) it was probably dead for at least 10-15 years. This probably means it was dead prior to the closing of the hospital...which is fairly sick.

Did you read any of them Motts? Did they say anything interesting?

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