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One of the outer wards of the Kirbride building at Greystone
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Slowly turning green in the summer humidity.
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Table saw in basement of center section
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Wards in wing of the main building.
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Grafitti in the center section
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On the window in Ward 40
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Hall in the center section of the main building.
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Staircase down to the exercise yard from Guthrie's "Wardy Forty"
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Main entrance after marble columns stripped off.
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The dome of the man building.
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What's left of the north wing that contained "Wardy Forty." It was all down in less than a week.
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Exterior "greystone" removed before the remaining walls are knocked down. With no rebar, they come down quickly.
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Exercise yard outside "Wardy Forty."
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The chapel, stripped of its stained glass and ornate wood trim.
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"Please don't tear Greystone down" graffiti scrawled on the walls of the main building.
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Top of the stairs to "Wardy Forty."
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Wall in "Wardy Forty."
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Electrical outlet, added after the building was constructed, which was 1875.
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Basement window in the center section.
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Wall painting in the basement of the center section.
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Wall painting in center section of main building
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Wall painting in "Wardy Forty." Much deteriorated since I'd last seen it 10 years earlier, when you could make out a buffalo hunt.
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Wall painting in "Wardy Forty." Much deteriorated since I'd last seen it 10 years earlier. It is a reproduction of John Steuart Curry's "Tornado over Kansas."
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Day room outside "Wardy Forty."
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Hall, north wing of the Main Building
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Deteriorating ward.
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Room where ward reports were once stored.
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Collapsing ceiling in ward 40.
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Door inside ward 40.
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Looking into the north wing.
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Remaining section of the north wing, which was gone within a week.
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Exterior of "Wardy Forty"
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Interior detail, "Wardy Forty"
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Doors, "Wardy Forty"
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Doors, "Wardy Forty"
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Corridor end, "Wardy Forty"
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Wall, "Wardy Forty"
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Doors, "Wardy Forty"
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North wing
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Wall, "Wardy Forty"
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Demoliton machinery in exercise yard of north wing
My final trip to Woody Guthrie's "Wardy Forty," just one week ahead of the wrecking ball. Continue reading →