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I worked here for 6 years. Its a crime that they destroyed it. Patients were very well and content there. They were also well cared for, at least when I was there. The "new" Greystone had and has many problems. Just horrible.
Yeah I completely understand unfortunately I didn't want to film a lot of the inside simply because there were another 20 other people in the car who I didn't want to make uncomfortable with a camera. As for the cost, it was 349 per person for Hickory Creek at the time of recording however now I believe it's gone up to 399. Thanks for watching!
Letchworth Village was a horror story. My ex-wife worked as a nurse at Letchworth in the 1970s. I would occasionally take something to her at work. When I went to one of the cottages to meet her, the antiseptic/bodily excrement odors were distressing. You could hear the patients screaming and yelling in the buildings from the parking lot. The patients would attack staff members and had to be restrained for hours or days at a time. The pain and suffering at Letchworth experienced by the staff and the patients reminded me of something out of Dante's Inferno...
It absolutely was, especially the towards the later years as you're describing. I honestly couldn't imagine being on the property during that time, must’ve been very eye opening. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for part 2
I think the Moynihan station is not a recreation of the old Penn Station but it certainly is better by far than what we have had recently. NYC is far far nicer than it was in the 70's and 80's.
@@TheCesspool_I will agree with you in most points. That back in the day stuff was more civilized. A lot of stuff was definitely a lot more Primitive and or worse than it is now. But if you look at it from a different perspective and what was the norm in the day it was generally a lot better Yeah there was asbestos in everything and also radiation and A good amount of inequality etc but still back in the day america was an honest country. A place of many opportunities full of hard-working honest men I bet you a 50 that If everything. Went as planned america would have been One of the best countries in the world with one of the best and most luxurious rail system The country of many opportunities it once was...
hey! Really nice video, im so glad I found it randomly through my recommendeds. I apprecuate your indepth research and live footage of how the buildings look today, which to me makes this a proper mini documentary. looking forward to more videos from you
Surprised this series didn't die! Legitimately the only series of it's kind on the site. Closest are UrBex channels who tend to be far more sensationalist. Also always very telling about the nations attitude towards mental illness when these facilities ask for more funding, and are vilified because of it. Shit still happens to this day with state run treatment centers.
Yeah the series has certainly been in limbo for quite a while but the motivation finally returned and here it is! It is absolutely true that these places received absolutely no respect from the general public and the patients suffered as a result, especially in the later years. Appreciate the support and look forward to Volume 2 in January!
My friends and I snuck into greystone in 2007 through a hole in the fence that had been put up around it and broken basement window. We wanted to make a video for our film class in HS. It was surreal being in there (and also dangerous…we were oblivious 17yos). We were there for hours and now seeing this timeline I guess we were in the administration building? There were a lot of patient rooms and old equipment, but seeing old wheel chairs and the paint peeling off the walls was wild to see in person. We came back years later after college and had no idea it had been torn down. It was so sad to see.
I can imagine that was an unforgettable experience and yes assuming it was that central building with the tower it would be the administration building. Its incredibly sad to see the fall of Greystone and what it could've been if someone had saved it. Thanks so much for watching.
And the crazy part is that these buildings were already here. Just repurposed into their makings. Ever background story of these robber barons is always a lie.
Many people share this sentiment. Yet very few seem to actually have an answer on why things changed so much for the worse. If we want the good aspects of the recent past to return we have to ask the real questions and not be afraid to push the overton window. Great video!
It's so sad that the powers that be don't see the significance of such beautiful architecture that is our history as humans. It's like archeology almost. We'll never see amazing Victorian design like on these state hospitals ever again. Now we only have sterile, boring looking glass and steel structures. It's sad.
It's extremely sad but at the very least the administration building being saved and considering the state of the building right now, thats more than most developers would do. Thanks for watching!
Update: they turned the old Greystone hospital into a big field which is used as the start and finish area of the cross-country course. I was just there for the Morris County Championship Meet.
I go to Marist and always wondered what the gothic architecture across the street was. Now I know! Thanks :) also there’s a shopping center there now called “Hudson heritage”. I wonder what the correlation is.
Yes so the Hudson Heritage project is a mixed use development that is utilizing the majority of the old HRSH campus. They are currently restoring the admin building as well as a few others on the sight however most of what they are building is new using recycled materials from the old buildings. From the concept art they've shown of the finished product, a lot of the newer architecture is going to include gothic elements taken from the original hospital buildings.
We have lost so much of the class and decency of the past. Obviously, there were the horrors of racism, but we could have class and decency without prejudice and racism. We do expect so little of ourselves.
You never mentioned the most beautiful and meticulously restored station on the run since GCT is no longer on the route - Yonkers station by the same architects that designed the terminal. Kind of makes Hudson look like a barn by comparison. 🤠
Where is the Greystone cemetery ? I've tried to look for signs along the road, but can't locate it. Is the cemetery still maintained? I believe the hospital still takes patients somewhere on the property.
Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown was used for the vast majority of patients until 1966. Greystone never had it's own cemetery on the property as far as I can tell.
Excellent, Excellent video! Truly! Your account of Danvers State Hospital is the most accurate one I've seen. Trivia: Two motion pictures were filmed there: "Home Before Dark" (1958) and "Session 9" (2001).
What do they do with the criminally insane nowadays? I guess the times were creating more patients, or else some heard you could go in and get fed and play games, and farm. Would be a great place, except for those awful week long baths. Those folks need their own heads examined.
