Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park Long Island was a staple of the Long Island community for over 100 years. From 1885 to 1996, this center has seen thousands of patients and even suffered from overcrowding during its run. At its prime it housed almost 10,000 patients at one time. But the once full asylum has succumb to be a vacant ghost town that harbors teenage graffiti artists and young wanderers. As a kid I would explore these forsaken buildings with my fellow hoodlums, but as I go back, the magic of discovery is somehow lost in exchange for an outside observation.
1. Exterior shot of Building 93 built in 1939 and used until it closed in 1996
3. Nurses treating several patients with limited resources in the1920s
Map of the Kings Park property as it was left in 96′
2. Workers of Kings Park Asylum from the1920s
4. Entrance to building 93’s basement entrance
5. Staring down a long dark hallway
6. Hanging airconditioner unit dangles in the air blockingour path
7. This building is now riddled with grafitti from local kids
8. Broken glass permeates the building at every corner
9. Though it is empty, the room is alive with past stories
10. Dark hallways to doors never opened
11. The floor is littered with garbage and remnants of the building that was
12. Even though this building has been abandoned for 20 years it is still full of life
13. Exiting the basement entrance with a sigh of relief to not have gotten caught.
2 comments
It’s looking good but I would not use the photo you’ve chosen as the opener. Start with a photo that let’s us see the location. Take a step back before we get into those graffitied, menacing hallways and give us the larger context. I think you could also post some historical data (any archival material that you find online) from the time that it functioned as a hospital.
Please edit your introduction and do the captions.
Maybe you can include a photo of the outside of the psychiatric center. It’s also cool that you chose to start off the gallery with that first photo of the graffitied door. It’s as if we’re being led inside by that photo because the door is partially opened. Overall, cool final project!
It’s looking good but I would not use the photo you’ve chosen as the opener. Start with a photo that let’s us see the location. Take a step back before we get into those graffitied, menacing hallways and give us the larger context. I think you could also post some historical data (any archival material that you find online) from the time that it functioned as a hospital.
Please edit your introduction and do the captions.
Maybe you can include a photo of the outside of the psychiatric center. It’s also cool that you chose to start off the gallery with that first photo of the graffitied door. It’s as if we’re being led inside by that photo because the door is partially opened. Overall, cool final project!