October 28th, 2008
Google Maps Tears Down DSH!!!
Of course they didn’t really tear it down, but Google Maps did replace the old aerial photograph of Danvers State Hospital (which included the full Kirkbride in all its glory) with a more recent photo showing a half built Avalon Danvers. It was always something of a comfort that even though Danvers was gone, Google Maps still had an image of the untouched Kirkbride up. Now they’ve updated and the illusion is gone.
Microsoft’s “bird’s eye view” of the former DSH campus still shows the full Kirkbride. But you’d better see it while you can. I’m sure it won’t be around for too much longer either. There’ll always be Historic Aerials of course, but somehow it’s not the same.
I was wondering how long it was going to take them to update the sat maps. I’ve kinda been wanting to see what it looks like now.
I have also been thinking ahead for when live.com finally updates their birds-eye views. I’ve have been piecing together screen shots in Photoshop of hospitals that I know have been demolished or changed to make large aerial views of them. They are all on my website, and I have been posting some of them at asylum projects as well. I’ve done Danvers, Hudson, Taunton, Worchester, and North Hampton to name a few. All of those kirks have either been demolished or severely altered. I just wish I could have gotten Taunton before the dome collapse, but it’s still better than how it looks now, with a gutted admin.
http://arch.thomas-industriesinc.com/AH_Kirkbrides.htm
I have a bunch of the old DSH aerials from the original Asylum Forum that were taken by a member who went by the name Grayseal. I’ll have to see if I can dig them up.
Google is starting to update stuff pretty quickly these days!
i am looking for pictures of the danville asylum are any info.my grandmother died there.if any thing i would be thankful. sue