This is the definitive list. A few years back Essex put out a top 15 psych hospitals thread in celebration of visiting his 100th. But that list was not definitive. In celebration of visiting my 5th asylum, I've decided to put together a top five psych hospitals thread, now that I am qualified.
5. Allentown State Hospital
This place was a whole other level of beautiful. Sadly I got there pretty late in the demolition process so these are the only photos I got. Still an amazing location all the way through.
allentown1 allentown2 4. King's Park
Sure, parts of it are getting a little rough. But the seventh floor of building 93 makes it all worth it, full stop. Every square inch of that floor is pure beauty, especially the left half. Rest of KP kind of sucks though.
KingsParkPC-Building_93 3. Blackwell's Island Asylum
Only 90's kids will remember this. Most incredible foyer I've ever personally had the privilege of getting to see, narrowly beating out the especially colorful pile of rubble at Allentown.
Sadly, most of the campus was converted to other uses in 1902 or so.
Metropolitan_Hospital Interior_Abandoned 2. Pennhurst State School
Had a fucking sweet scrapping gig here until some dickhead narced on me, just to win brownie points with the local state troopers so he could explore the campus whenever he wanted.
What a great gig while it lasted though
Admin-current-pennhurst 1. Pepper Middle School
The one and only. I know, I know, pretty generic and cliche choice, but you've got to give it up to the greats. No other asylum comes close.
Beautiful, highly functional architecture? Check
Pristine condition? Check
Beautiful views and scenery? Check
Not to mention the tons of beautiful antique medical equipment left behind.
Really the only bad thing one can say about this stellar location is that it's actually a middle school. But that's an overly pedantic reason to disqualify it form this list, so it gets first place.
pepper1 That's it, the definite tier list ranking of all the hospitals left in the Northeast. Hope you guys enjoyed, I'm curious to hear your thoughts.