4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

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Wow..alomost expect to se someone there. Like it is still in use
GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY ALL ARROUND SITE !!
Motts..did you leave the door open?
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This could be my dream home...How I would love an old state facility to convert into a house. A room redone as an O.R., annd other places rebuilt (The only house in town with its own morgue) :-)
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I see that equipment is always left behind. Yes it may be antique, but how antique can test tubes, and desks and such get, when it was left there it must of still been functional. And it is more than just these projectors.chairs, wheelchairs, beds, etc... makes one wonder with what it cost to equip some of these places.. government spending at work....
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The treatment of mentally handicapped has changed dramatically over the years. It went from people being locked in basements and attics at home to 1 on 1 treatment in facilities which included sensory deprivation, leaching and solitary confinement to in some state institutions to over population and neglect. Now they are "normalized" into society. I worked in a facility for some time and could not mentally handle it myself (I was affraid I would loose touch emotionally and become a "client") I traind near and had the oppertunity to tour Danvers state
http://www.danvers-state-ia.com/home.html
which will be coming down soon (wish I could go back there and photograph it prior to destruction...another one going away...)
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If you look in photos before, it seemed as though there were numbers that marked what electric box things were connected to...I remember seeing "04" in several of your photos from Pennhurst
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This reminds me of dreams I have where I have to piddle really bad. Coincidently Im in a room full of toilets but, they arn't 'sealed' off, and so I cant go because there are people all around.
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I do believe I would feel a little..clostraphobic there..
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Looks like my school autotorium! heh heh..
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It looks to me like the character is over the rest..
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Keep in mind it might have looked different when children were actualy playing in there.
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Kinda looks like youre walking into a dream.
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Moe, Have Some Respect. Even Though This Is Picture Is "Mild In Emotion" Compared To The Other Ones It Is Still In A Horific Place, I Can't Imagine What People Went Through There, These Pictures Are Powerful, Some Are Creepy And Some Have Alot Of Emotion About Them. That Comment You Put Was Meant To Be Funny But It Was Actually Quite Tasteless. Sorry If I Offeneded You But Thats How i Feel.
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Senseless Arson - probably an extension of the same twisted mentality that gives vandals a thrill when spray painting moronic graffitti or smashing windows, furniture, etc. Isn't it a shame that so many of our historic places have been or are being destroyed by these demented asses.
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Travelling coast to coast on our interstate highway system, one will find these metal mirrors in most public rest stops. They are used in place of glass simply because moronic vandals cannot smash the metal as they would real glass mirrors. Sad commentary on some of our so called "sane" travelers.
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Kinda reminds me of the last scenes of 'blade runner' where a vertical chase ensures through a series of rotting, once luxurious apartments in a tower. Loved the detail of Rutger Hauer pulling the nail out of the rotten floor beam. Anyone remember it?