1,016 Comments for Eastern State Penitentiary

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Beautiful! I wish there was somewhere in Oregon like that.
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The shape of the cross reminds me of the "T" in rammsteins logo.
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I like the vines creeping all over it.
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I could just see the Physical Rehab Assistant talking to the inmate....

"Okay, Bubba. The doctor says you need to rehab your legs, so hop to it and start walking....NO! I DON'T CARE if the guards broke your legs yesterday, okay? Do as you're told!....Stop being such a sissy. It can't hurt THAT bad...ALRIGHT! I've had enough of your whining. I'm getting the Iron Gag...".
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Why not just leave him mints on his pillow as well? Haha!
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"Attention sick people! I'm Dr. Gregory House..."
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"Honey...Are you absolutely SURE this is The Ramada Inn?"
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emergence
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Rust never Sleeps
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I'll never forget locating Eastern for the first time.Driving up to it .Driving around it.
The silent fortress.
Plenty of parking.
I've wanted to go back there.
Nice neighborhood,too.

Good idea including it here at....OPACITY.
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Al Capone (January 17,1899 to january 25,1947) obeyed the pater familia to take a hit and lay low by going to prison on an easily accessable weapons charge after the St Valentine's Day massacre although I don't think staying here was a pic nic.
Al died riddled with syphilus in quiet retirement (not prison) in 1947 after turning 48.
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Makes me wonder : why did they have a court yard if(at first)nobody was allowed to use it?
Later on they(inmates)were allowed to mingle(at times)and they played ball in the courtyard.But they weren't allowed to have a ball!!So they made their own.When they'd hit homeruns over the wall onto Brown street,neighbors would keep them as souvenirs and threw real balls back over the wall.
well,if they weren't allowed to have balls(shut-up!!),how come the prison erected netting on top of the wall to prevent homers!!!??
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no,this wasn't available when I was there.
I did take notes though on what I saw in a little tiny notebook.
I wonder where it is?
Probably in the library along with the other Eastern State stuff.]
I especially liked the courtyard.I liked the vibes coming off of it.
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Yeh, that room really went.
You can see what I mean by how thick that plaster is.
Can you imagine plastering the ceiling?A lost artisan's art.
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Originally each inmate had their own exercise yard(joined to the back of their cell)and the entrance to their cell was through that yard!!