To be completed.....

Week One:  Building 93 and Doctors House?

The largest of all buildings has 11 floors, an attic, and a basement totaling 13 floors.  The rooms inside get smaller intentionally for less mobile patients the higher the floor.  The building seems to taper off towards the top, which may be an optical illusion or the design.  This building is perfect and spectacular to see.  Each window has 7 levels of glass, or rows, and 6 panes high.  The building sits perfectly positioned with the sunrise and set on an angle on purpose.  I was completed awestruck to this particular building and surrounding structures.  This particular photography project will be over the course of 13 weeks, capturing all the details of each structure.  There has been plans to tear these buildings down, but for now that has been placed on hold.  These buildings should never be entered, as they are completely unsafe and loaded with asbestos.    

The Story:

The Visit:  My first visit was about an hour, it had just snowed and was windy, there was one other person walking around.  I drove around the back towards the section of buildings near the fire station.  I came upon a road and drove down-I stayed long enough for a security guard to approach.  He knew I was not in the buildings, as he was watching me closely.  I left on my own accord.  

The Knee:  I counted my steps from the top of the stairs to the edge of the grass, 13.

I was being watched from inside Building 93.

Kings Park Psychiatric Center