1,830 Comments for Buffalo State Hospital

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The bare trees add to the creepiness.
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That is jaw-dropping!
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I LIKE IT
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Thanks Penny, sounds like an awesome job!

No I don't submit my photos; I thought their interest was more of vintage/historical imagery?
Thanks for the "before/after" pictures, those always fascinate me, especially when they are taken from the same perspective.
The VA Hospital near me has a front entrance that looks just like this (except for the peeling paint)
Shave and a hair cut, two bits!
I think I'd rather have that treatment sitting in a barbers chair than lying on some examination table
I wonder if this was powered by vacuum tubes?
Look at all that stuff just left there.
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Love what you are doing. I am a HABS (historical American Building Survey ) photographer and I am always fascinated by the history of these buildings that once had a vibrant life, now left to a slow lingering death.
Do you submit these to the Library of Congress?
well what ever, sorry: PHOTOGRAPHIC.....better???? hahahaha
Oh s__t where are we? Baby blue? How sweet the hue shade tint....
Soon you will know where you are...
- as Guided Photogtaphic tours are offered, dates and all, hardhat provided and no side-step with high-heels/sandals allowed.
Goodness This Place Buffalo has a future and will be cherished, fixed and live on.
Thanks fo the links.
Relieved + reassured feel happy. Lovely Gallery - see differently now
Here it is http://www.richardson-olmsted.com the future of BSH is bright.
No it is definitely not being torn down, the are renovating pretty well, there is a website with some info about it but I forget what the link is. There will be public businesses in there some day:) -Robert B.