1,830 Comments for Buffalo State Hospital

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Why would anyone want to use this photo as their wallpaper. I wouldn't. It's WAY too depressing for me! :-(
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Iggy, I think that "forehead seatbelt" is used when a cervical spinal injury is suspected. It keeps the head immobilized so that more serious damage is done.
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DANG! ANOTHER wheelchair just going to waste!
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Haunting.
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More wheelchairs. It's such a shame to see them just sitting there, unused, when they could be used by those who need them, that is, if they're still in useable condition.
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All the wheelchairs strewn around the facility. I wonder if they're still in useable condition. If they are, they should be given to facilities that can use them, such as hospitals and nursing homes.
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For me, the only thing missing from this picture is an altar at the foot of that huge cross.
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Claustrophobia indeed! This picture gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Feeling the walls closing in on you." EEK!!!
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The dayroom must have been well supervised. It wouldn't be smart to leave psychiatric patients alone around fire. No telling what harm they could do to themselves and/or others were they able to come into contact with it.
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Well, I can make out the word "corpse" easily enough, but not the word that's before it. Anyway "rancid corpse" sounds like a good name for one of those heavy metal rock bands. :-))
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I wonder if those "seclusion rooms" were used in place of, or in addittion to, pharmacological tranquilizers.
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I was curious about the light switch also, perhaps these rooms were used later on as offices or something such as that...the electrical wiring looks like an afterthought.
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It reminds me of people waving their hands in the air.
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I was born and raised on Pooley St. about a 15 minute walk from the Asylum. We used to play on the grounds all the time as kids. We ALWAYS had an eye on the windows, feeling like we were being watched. It scary and beautiful at the same time. I don't know if I would ever go in there...not alone at least.
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I really like the color for some odd reason. Yellow's my favorite color. Maybe I am crazy? Maybe thats why I like it. But either way, being in such a tiny room for days on end would be insanity inducing either way.