They were able to capture a few EVPs and a few spirit orb photographs. The New England Paranormal Video Research Group investigated this place in 2007, thinking that with Seaside’s long, dark and sometimes tragic history-and spooky, abandoned vibe-it might be a good target for paranormal investigation. The goal is “to expand shoreline recreational opportunities for state residents and visitors.” A few of the architecturally significant buildings are being renovated, and the grounds are being spruced up. In 2016, the state of Connecticut announced plans to make the property a state park. With many unanswered allegations and after decades of service, Seaside Sanatorium was closed in 1996 it has passed through the hands of a few developers, getting hung up in various protracted legal battle. Unfortunately, in the early 1970s it came to light that some patients were being violently abused by some of the staff in the mid 1990s, patients were turning up dead a at a higher rate than normal. In 1958, the building took on a new purpose for three years, treating elderly folk, then became a home for the mentally challenged. Its first young inhabitants were sent there as a remedy for their affliction as it was thought the fresh air and sunshine would be beneficial. Supreme Court in Washington as well as the famed Woolworth Building in New York City and the landmark Union Station in New Haven. Opened in the early 1930s, the building itself was designed by the renowned architect Cass Gilbert, who also designed the U.S. Overlooking Long Island Sound, it has also been a home for the elderly, a medical hospital and a facility to treat the mentally handicapped. All I had in my camera was Kodachrome 25, but I got some great shots and have never looked back.The Damned Story: Originally built as a facility to treat children with tuberculosis, Seaside Sanatorium has had a long history serving as a medical facility. "The building was an abandoned health spa that we entered and toured for a couple of hours. Marsala's fascination with abandoned spaces began when, during a Sunday drive with his wife near Dansville, New York, he spotted a large brick structure off in the distance and decided to investigate. People also lived and died within these walls and it is important to give recognition of that." "Perhaps my documenting them in their current state will inspire people to salvage or repurpose structures of historical significance before they become unsalvageable. "Most of these locations are architectural gems and they deserve better than to be left to decay," said Marsala. Many of the abandoned hospitals and asylums featured in the slideshow above have a curious, visual appeal to photographers and urban explorers, but Conn.-based Marsala believes the structures also need to be recognized for their historical and architectural significance. "Also, I think about all the lives that were played out within those walls - moments of joy and suffering that are now lost in time." "As counter intuitive as it may sound, there is a peaceful beauty in abandoned structures - seeing a snapshot in time of nature taking back the best efforts of man to show its supremacy," Marsala told. Marsala's photos are in this exact state of eerie disrepair, but he also shows these decaying structures in a different light. A common structure would begin to fall apart as water eventually leaks into the roof, erodes the wood and rusts the nail. Once pristine, sterile, and bustling with activity, these once-grand structures are now crumbling in ruins and decay. In his reports from abandoned cities such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and Varosha, Cyprus for his best-selling book "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman wrote that structures crumble as weather does unrepaired damage and other life forms create new habitats. There's something especially eerie about a hospital that has been reclaimed by nature and left to the elements.
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