Barek Halfhand's Blog – June 2010 Archive (1)

An Old VA Hospital





My recent expedition to the old Manteno State Hospital complex has piqued an interest I have had in facilities like this that began with the encounter working in the basement of a Joliet Illinois penitentiary annex building a few years back that housed sex offenders and culminated in my coverage of a west suburban retirement home demolition (Plymouth Pace)

in early 08...I have heard rumors over the years and have even been privy to first hand accounts… Continue