1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

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Lynne, that was the best comment ever! :) You're awesome.
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Lordy Lynne you do have the answers to some of the most complex thoughts and questions that has been displayed on our great leaders website. I sometimes think that I can give a small dissertation on on what may be behind the obvious and you always confirm that I'm never shitting anyone. Let the imagination fly with the outragegeous and Lynne come forth with the truth. Your the best Lynne.
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Without a doubt, my favourite photo in the gallery...
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This type of architecture should be invested in for anyone - sane or insane. I've been thinking about it a lot since I stopped there about a month ago. I think if/when it's finally gone, I won't be able to stop myself from grieving like a living, breathing person has died. :(
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The sad truth is...Worcester State Hospital was one of the greatest American architectural structures of all time. To see her in person, stripped of her wings, is depressing for the purist. But at the same time, thankful for what is left.
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that has to be the greatest looking clock tower in all of Massachusetts. I'm so glad i live in Worcester!
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No harm done, I tend to be too sensitive sometimes. Back on subject, I can't remember the colors in the area I visited, some things you block out I guess.
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red is a nice color ... btw ... im portuguese
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Sorry but the only color I'm seeing right now is red.
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hummm ... dumb portuguese people always thinking one cant have fun without the help of something else ... so typical. well ... i see a dual colour hall . anyone know the colors in this ?
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As Lynne posted ,with links, the architecture was specifically designed with the well-being of the resident's in mind. Adam A, I can only imagine the A stands for ass, to make such an ignorant, callous remark.
So I suppose in your fine estimation all the "crazies" should have been put in sterile looking buildings, perhaps like military barracks? Hmmmmm, yes, I can see where THAT would be therapeutic!
Believe it or not, they are people who feel, just like you and me. Ok, well, more like me I suppose but there you are.
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The archictecture was designed expressly for the people who were to live there. http://www.cbmh.ca/arc...chm_v5n2edginton.pdf
http://jdh.oxfordjourn...nt/abstract/16/2/103
http://www.findarticle...7/ai_n13592461/pg_12
http://www.findarticle...7/ai_n13592461/pg_13
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/asyarc.htm
See:
**Functions of architecture in the therapeutic period of asylums
**Extracts from Jacobi, C.W.M. 1841 On the construction and management of Hospitals for the Insane
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He trod a path that few have trod
Did Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet Street...
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These asylums were, for the most part, designed with the public, not the patients, in mind. It was a desperate attempt at using the architecture to mitigate the poor living conditions.
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Beautiful, lovely architecture. And I can't believe Adam A made that last comment.