1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

Let's hope so, Big Ed. This place is too beautiful to destroy

I've heard from a very unofficial source, that this building is going to be saved, when others are demolished.

Thank you for the Links Lynne, I thought the articles were very interesting. Kind of made me look at some of these structures differently!

While you are correct about the fact that air conditioning and refrigeration capacity is measured in "tons" Mr. Carrier, I just wanted to use terminology that would not add confusion to those not familiar with the industry. Horsepower is easily understood by most folks.

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can i borrow a torch

i would rather have long hair

i personally find it a waste of decent architecture for some asylum

Actually, if you go here, you can see a historic drawing of the building, prior to when they bricked up the porches:

http://www.rootsweb.co...cester_ma/index.html

The brick portions were almost certainly a later addition, probably around the time when the hospital staff either stopped caring about the place's aesthetic appearence, or simply no longer had the money to do so; I've seen a lot of sections at my local abandoned asylum (buffalo psych) where they evidently needed to add something to the structure - a chimney, an enclosure or whatever - and simply opted for the cheapest material available.

This building could serve as a museum , office and event venue that could serve as a means of introducing mental health issues and the State Hospital to the general public, i.e., public relations. Instead, it will be allowed to fall down and be forgotten.

yeah you are right about the using ammonia but they are not horse power any more its in tons

I think about one minute at F8 ISO 100

Motts, how long was the exposure for this one?

It's Johnny Mac's fault - he pushes me on to get ever more outrageous. ;-)