Abandoned Harlem Valley by Liesl Pfeffer

Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Wingdale, NY
August 2014

Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center operated from 1924 to 1994. The hospital has 80 buildings and at it's peak in the 1950s held 5,000 patients. The buildings have been abandoned for 20 years. I took these photographs through broken windows as trespassing within the property is not allowed and a security guard is on site at all times. 

Kilns by Liesl Pfeffer

Kilns, Wassaic, NY
August 2014

Obscenely green nature at these amazing old kilns off an unpaved road in Wassaic. Adam and I stopped for a look around on the way for a swim in the creek. Another resident said there was a dead skunk surrounded by vultures up there when she went the day earlier, but we didn't see any sign of that crazy scene.