1,337 Comments for Middletown State Hospital

Hey..I hope it's OK, but I loved this image so much that I used it as a painting reference.
The image is here:
http://ludicrouslouisa...Urban-Decay-87297990
I credited you.

Death Is for the insane

It's sad that these beautiful buildings come to what they are now, that no one cares enough to restore and preserve what little bit of history is still left within these halls.

that is so freaky and i would not go in there if i was payed

Amazing how after so many years, the majority of the inner walls and ceilings have deteriorated, but for whatever reason, the window shades - which were probably made of some rather fragile material that became brittle over time - remained intact! I wonder if you'd still be able to touch them at all, though I'd worry they would crumble or discolor horribly if they came in contact with the oils in our skin.

As a sidenote, I'm 22 (just turned this month, woohoo) and found this site purely by accident in a roundabout way, thanks to StumbleUpon. I've become an admitted addict. Mr. Motts, you've done these buildings a great service, especially those that have since been renovated or demolished. You've given them one last shot at being in the limelight and have provided them with an eternal range of new visitors and occupants who, in their subconscious, will forever live in the crumbling walls you've shown. Thank you.

I'm starting to think that I'm finding the rants and editorials more interesting than the pictures.. :P

Funny how back then, that silly, flimsy wood door was considered enough to block off a seclusion room. Oh, how times have changed..

The blue at the end of the hallway is amazing. As if the far door is calling out, beckoning to blue skies and some form of freedom.

There is obviously ornate brickwork behind the inlaid plasterboard (I assume; might be drywall or sheetrock) wall. A shame that it was covered up, though with good reason - drywall would break if a patient bashed their head on it, while brick wouldn't give as willingly. ;)

i finally see the face, it has been about a whole year since i have looked at the picture, and now i have seen the faceS.
haha.
the pain is still peeling

You're ignorant and far too busy looking for the bad in places to take the time to educate yourself on the subjects you're commenting on.

Even some high-class caskets still use straw as a bedding. And why not? I've never heard a dead person complain about it.

I'm going to wear myself out remarking about these stunning shots..another stunner, like the last ones...like the ones to follow!

Damn, what a fine shot!

Asylums and prisons were two similar strands of the same DNA of social control. Read your Michel Foucault.

A solarium with barred windows and so little light. What a profoundly depressing space.