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Creedmoor State Hospital, Building 25
Current Print Sale: For the next little while, a special gallery of prints from Creedmoor State Hospital, most never offered for sale in any form, will be available at 50% off the usual SmugMug prices....
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Norwich State Hospital - Salmon (male forensic) building
Salmon building (r) with Administration building to its left.The Salmon building at Norwich State Hospital, Connecticut's second public insane asylum, founded in 1904, was a building built for male...
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Kingston Lounge Wine & Dine Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge
On the corner of Kingston & Bergen, a quiet corner in the re-awakening Brooklyn neighborhood of Weeksville, sits the Kingston Lounge. A small jazz club which opened in 1944, the "Kingston Lounge...
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Last Wednesday, I had an opportunity to appear on Brian Lehrer Live alongside Kevin Walsh from Forgotten NY to talk about guerrilla preservation and, in specific, Admiral's Row and Staten Island's...
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Brian Lehrer Follow-Up - Seaview Hospital
So a few people have written to me asking for a post on Seaview Hospital, more recently known as Sea View Hospital, which I spoke about during my recent appearance on Brian Lehrer Live. Unfortunately,...
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The Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY
Sharon Springs, NY, was once a bustling resort town built upon a natural mineral spring. It was thought that the high levels of sulphur, magnesium, and iron in the water provided a variety of health...
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Hart Island
Taken in conjunction with Marie Lorenz, who provided not only good company, but passage on her lovely hand-made boat, the Tide and Current Taxi.There are dozens of islands in the waters around New York...
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Buffalo State Hospital - the H. H. Richardson Complex
In stark contrast to the majority of locations featured on this blog, the H. H. Richardson Complex, a grand Kirkbride building in Buffalo, NY, is not in danger of being demolished or left to rot. A...
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The Samuel R. Smith Infirmary
The current state Samuel R. Smith Infirmary building tells a sad story which highlights the failures of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as well as the generally sad state of historic...
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital Complex
One of two grand staircases inside Naval Hospital building at daybreak.The story of the Brooklyn Navy Yard hospital complex, historically known as the Hospital Annex and recently known as NAVSTA...
View ArticleHappy Birthday!
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first post on this blog, and what a year it has been! I'd like to thank you, my readers. It is truly gratifying to have received tens of thousands of hits...
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Fort Totten Army Hospital
Sadly, very little information is widely available on this hospital building within the Fort Totten landmark district near Bayside, Queens. Built in 1864, the year in which the primary purpose of the...
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Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, GA
View of a hallway and into a bathroom in the Walker Building, Central State Hospital.Central State Hospital, formerly known as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, the State Asylum for the Insane, and the...
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The Hotel Columbia, Sharon Springs, NY
The first floor lounge of the Hotel Columbia.A short walk from the Hotel Adler, its sister building in Sharon Springs, NY, stands the Hotel Columbia. Like the Adler, the Columbia primarily catered to...
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"Negative Space" Prints Now Available
Some of the images displayed at the opening of Negative Space in May.Following a successful gallery run this summer, I am now offering prints from my traveling show, Negative Space, for sale on the...
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The Victory Theatre, Holyoke, MA
A view of the screen and stage from the mezzanine level.Originally constructed as a multipurpose theatre, which featured a mix of vaudeville performances and silent films, the Victory Theatre opened...
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North Brother Island - Riverside Hospital
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the left, the maintenance building and tennis courts. [Print]NEW:...
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The Divine Lorraine Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Ballroom in 2006, in the midst of being gutted; the marble floor was in the process of being pulled up.Personal note: I feel compelled by recent reports of the deteriorating conditions at The Divine...
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Convent of St. Mary, Abbey and Chapel, Peekskill, NY
The 1876 Abbey of the Community of St. Mary, shot by moonlight.For over a century, the Convent at Mount St. Gabriel, a picturesque plot of land in the highlands of Peekskill, NY, was home to the...
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Trenton State Hospital, Forst Building
View into patient room and down corridor during civil twilight.Trenton State Hospital - currently known as Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, and formerly the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum - is one of the...
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Waldo Hotel, Clarksburg, WV
Front (Western) facade of the Waldo Hotel.The Waldo Hotel, located in the heart of Clarksburg, WV, was once among the crown jewels of the state.Mezzanine balcony overlooking lobby.Designed in the Beaux...
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Worcester State Hospital
Sunrise streaming into the soon-to-be-demolished Clocktower, one of only two structures remaining from the 1877 Kirkbride complex at Worcester State Hospital.The Kirkbride building at Worcester State...
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Ellis Island - Baggage and Dormitory Building
View of one of the many dorm areas which comprise the bulk of the Baggage and Dormitory building; during its peak, this area would have held as many beds as could possibly fit into the space."The...
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Return Visit: North Brother Island in the Summer
The small transformer room and storage building located right off the gantry crane is almost entirely obscured by the swells of kudzu and other climbing vines that have invaded the island. [Print]A...
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