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| Type | Country | Date | Status | Rating | |
 Hospital |  USA | 2006-04-08 | Abandoned | **** |
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An Exciting Exploration...
New-York City. 8th April 2006, a grey and rainy day.
I am lying down in the woods for half an hour with my guides, waiting for the security patrol to go.
My poncho is not waterproof anymore, torn by the bushes we crawled through to get here.
A small noise. Nick's phone is vibrating. "Hold on guys, they're leaving soon".
Motts is already inside with Jay - and has been for a couple of hours, from before dawn probably.
We wait. I am definitely soaked. Another noise. This one gets louder. The first car is leaving. We see them driving 10m away, but they don't see us.
"Go go go!". We run, cross the road, reach the boarded doors, drop the bags and crawl into the basement. And again that noise. A second car leaving the place.
Too late baby, we're in!
Wheelchairs - click to enlarge!
A Bit Of History
This historic district consists of approximately 320 acres of forested land, surrounding the buildings of two municipal institutions. Construction began in 1905. Some buildings at this hospital are in use, but most of the buildings are unused and deteriorating (from www.preserve.org).
The building we are exploring was opened in 1937 and used as a children hospital. Archives, wheelchairs, obsolete medical equipment, everything is left here. Afters hours of exploring, we escape stealthy and safely the location, and head towards an abandoned jail. But this is another story...
"I taste like the dreams of the mad children", one can read on the hospital walls...
Foundation plate of the Children hospital