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THE SMALL HAMLET OF WINGDALE, within the town of Dover, New York, is home to the ruins of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center.
Despite its proximity to New York State Route 22, the stunningly beautiful property has been shrouded in mystery for decades. In 1924, The Harlem Valley State Hospital opened its doors to the public. Later to be renamed the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, the hospital was chartered “for the care and treatment of the insane” and included infrastructure that had previously constituted the Wingdale Prison.
Over the course of 70 years of operation, the facility treated thousands of patients who had been deemed mentally ill. Sprawling across almost 900 acres and encompassing more than 80 buildings, the hospital had its own golf course, bowling alley, baseball field, bakery, and a massive dairy farm that supported an in-house ice cream parlor. At its peak, the facility housed 5,000 patients and 5,000 employees.
Over the years, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center adopted numerous experimental methods of treatment of the mentally ill. In the 1930s, the facility joined several other institutions on the vanguard of a new insulin shock therapy for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other compulsive disorders. Later, when the method of electro-shock therapy was created, the hospital was again a pioneer in implementing the method as a treatment for its patients in 1941. When neuropsychiatrist Walter Freeman developed a new method for treating a wide range of psychological conditions that became known as a lobotomy, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center was the preeminent institution for frontal lobotomy in the state of New York.
As with most mental health institutions in New York and across the country, the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center saw a gradual decline in enrollment upon the introduction of psychotropic drugs such as thorazine. When the hospital closed its doors in 1994, it had been on a trajectory of decline for a number of years. For the better part of 20 years, the once-busy campus slowly deteriorated. Visited only by night-watchmen and would-be vandals, the buildings sat unused and the grounds slowly grew unkempt. Ghost stories and whispers grew alongside the weeds of the property.
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Harlem Shuffle
What could this image possibly have to do with the harlem shuffle? Let me try to bring this into context. As we can see here, we clearly are not looking at a flight shot. Both wings are quite plainly in rest position on the the Chickadee's back. So what could explain her being in mid-air without wing action? Obviously, the answer is levitation. The interesting thing here is that this is not just up and down levitation but levitation that is of a horizontal nature. They now seem to have accomplished complete control over gravity without their natural ability to fly. And if we look closely at this particular move or motion, there seems to be quite a lot of similarity to the moves and motions displayed in the ...
Harlem Shuffle - Rolling Stones
and clearly, I am not talking about the drummer's moves.
For those of you pressed for time, start at 45 seconds into the video.
I regret not taking a photo a couple of weeks ago, after he got stuck but before the flesh got ripped away.
Integrity Toys/East 59th? The Cirque Cabaret collection/Lady Aurelia Grey/La Chanteuse/Chris Stoeckel
Mattel/Harlem Theatre collection/Madame LaVinia/Carlyle Nuera
Mattel/Harlem Theatre collection/Claudette Gordon/Carlyle Nuera
Review by Drew, Saskatoon, Canada - "Street Photography with Leanne Staples - I have great hopes of becoming a better photographer than I am. I recently had the pleasure of doing a solo street shoot of Harlem and El Barrio with Leanne. I had a great afternoon and learned a lot about both NYC and street photography. This was an excellent opportunity." - Drew, Saskatoon, Canada. www.shootnewyorkcity.com/reviews/2017/5/25/review-by-drew...
A glimpse at a street full of the iconic Harlem brownstones of New York.
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A 3x4 HDR panorama taken at the Harlem Meer in Central Park.
Processed with [CloudHdr.com](www.cloudhdr.com).
Harlem Hills Nature Preserve, Rockford, Illinois; Winnebago County.
This preserve has the largest and finest gravel hill prairie remaining in Illinois. It is well known for its population of this plant.
A great day for baseball. Volunteered to take pictures for Sundays games.
I was at the Softball Teams Championship and covered as much games for the guys Baseball. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Thanks Shirley for letting me be a part of the event! Thanks Matt for letting me in on the action!
with music : daydreamsfactory.bandcamp.com/album/murphys-law
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