The Kirkbride that Almost Killed Me: Part 1 of 3

[new_republican]

Back story: After performing several recon visits, I had enough information to make a solo attempt on this Kirkbride.

In the dead of night, I left home to make the commute to the site. At 4am when I arrived in the neighborhood near the Kirk, I saw a group of people moving stealthily, hugging the shadows. Tripods and camera bags pegged them as a

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[pyre]

amazing - thanks for posting. :)

[subliculous]

skywalk and floorless entrance are my favorites. good job man. look forward to part two. do all kirkbrides have that skywalk feature? i thought i read somewhere they were all based on the same design.

[new_republican]

The Kirkbride design has a central admin and two wings off the admin. One for male one for female. The further away from the admin, and the higher the patients, the more disturbed they were.

This skywalk connected one of the wings, to an out buiding near the main kirk. It is a unique feature to this kirk.

[subliculous]

cool, thanks. i'll have to check out that kirkbride site again, it's been a while.

i could stare at that curved ceiling for hours.

[jewel_case]

Your skywalk pic is my favorite urbex pic of all time. Absolutely amazing.
Can't wait for the rest.

Thank you for sharing!

[maubast]

Fantastic. As always, great photog.

[fringedweller1]

Beautiful photos! I added you, I can't wait to see more.