A peeling rainbow mural on the fourth floor of Building 93 at Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital.
Photo: "Nature Protrudes"
The six story children's hospital at the Sea View tuberculosis hospital campus in Staten Island was built between 1935-1937 and was the last tuberculosis related building built on the campus. It has full height wings, curved solarium bays and open air balconies.
Photo: "Counter Weight"
Many famous people were once placed behind the walls of Kings Park Psychiatric Center. Bud Powell, a famous jazz painist once played on an old upright piano in a rec room inside this building, Building 93.
Photo: "Infinity"
Inside Building 93 at Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital in Long Island, New York.
Photo: "Escape Route"
Deteriorating restroom inside the abandoned Heritage Inn at Rough & Ready Island, a Cold War communications outpost.
Photo: "Reconstructed"
The old dormitory building at Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital had day rooms and a seclusion wing.
Photo: "Reinventing the Wheel"
Night. 120 seconds. Lit by moonlight and ambient streetlights.
Photo: "Whistling Dixie"
Denture cups left behind at a New York Sanatorium.
Photo: "Kitchenaid"
The Children's Hospital at a New York Sanatorium was constructed in the 1930's, a few decades after the original campus was constructed in 1913.
Photo: "Blackberry Jam"
Night, 160 second exposure. Lit by moonlight & ambient light.
Photo: "An Inner Turmoil"
The Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital opened for patients in April, 1874. This building was used as a dormitory building and contained day rooms and a seclusion wing.
Photo: "French Hang-Over"
Novel left behind inside the Children's Pavilion at a New York Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Photo: "Emotional Flood"
This is a teaser image from my next historical blog post...
Flooded triple patient room inside the Mont Alto Sanatorium.
The Mont Alto Sanatorium opened in 1940 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. This building began as a Children's Preventatorium and remained as such for 16 years. The building then became a home for mentally retarded women until 1965 when it housed geriatric patients until closing in 1985.
Photo: "Regimented"
The Kings Park Lunatic Asylum was established in 1885 as an extention to the Brooklyn County Hospital. When the need for mentally ill facilities grew, the hospital was handed over to New York State. They helped facilitate the growth of the hospital campus, turning it into a self-sufficient community.
Photo: "Diced"
Patient Room in Building 93
This 12 story building at Kings Park Psychiatric was constructed in 1939 as an geriatric infirmary and drug treatment building.