I love those doors and the unblocked transoms. This hallway appears to not have been renovated since the original construction. The doors seem too widely spaced to be single patient rooms. Were they dorms?
It's a shame that we live in a throw away society today. People don't care or under stand what these old buildings mean. What we and all people can learn from them. It's a shame we keep throwing our history and past away. At this rate we wont have a past to look back on. Today we build it, use it, let it sit empty for a while, tear it down. Rebuild with a building that will only last a 1/4 of what they tour down. Today's builders are just that builders, back in the day of this place, Danvers, and Dixmont those people were craftsman. They put there heart and soul in to there work and you can see it. Today just slap it together as fast as ya can and move on. It really is sad, and makes me sad and my heart ache.
Anna, that band is a chair rail, it is supposed to prevent the tops of chairs from damaging the wall, i have noticed these ( or their shadows ) in several other photos in this gallery.
What a beautiful arch, and room to go with it. I can only imagine how beautiful it was back in the day.
I look at this picture and get a free feeling, it's kinda calming.
I think this is my favorite shot from this gallery. So many impressions can be taken from this shot. It's "message" is very ambiguous, but it's definitely a shot that says something about the artist and about the building.
I like that the rectangular shape is repeated almost obsessively in this shot. It gives you a sense that you're going crazy and there's no place to escape.
That's Blue October... Sorry, I should have said that before. The song is beautiful, and it's even more haunting because it's acapella with a slight echo.
Motts, did anyone ever tell you you're not only a good photographer, but a good writer as well? You have a way with words!