Pines Hotel t-shirts, now available in yellow and green. Oh wait they're not for sale, sorry! (From RPI Fall 2005)
Taken 2005-12-05 01:41:22
Posted 2007-06-26 19:24:39 by peter
The old baseball field is completely overgrown now, only leaving behind a dulled rusty backstop (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 16:30:46
Posted 2007-06-26 19:13:33 by peter
Empty show bill holder in the Wedgewood Room (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 16:20:00
Posted 2007-06-24 00:54:14 by peter
The insides of an electromechanical telephone switch primarily supporting rotary phones (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 15:36:54
Posted 2007-06-26 19:08:07 by peter
The main kitchen still looks to be in decent shape. It should be, since it was the last building to be renovated. But the roof always makes an unsettling noise as air pressure causes it to ever so slightly rise and fall. (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 15:05:00
Posted 2007-06-27 18:34:39 by peter
This hearty plant didn't seem to mind that having to drive its roots right through that asphalt (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:58:01
Posted 2007-12-02 19:46:53 by peter
The 4th floor of the Ritz displayed exceptionally bad fire damage, that I believe have happened in the late 70s or early 80s. This building burned completely recently due to arson. (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:53:35
Posted 2007-12-02 19:44:27 by peter
The fourth floor of the Ritz showed an exceptional amount of physical damage. Some damage was due to fire, however, it is unclear how this damage to the ceiling and wall were caused, as they appear to have not been affected by fire. (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:49:22
Posted 2007-12-17 19:19:51 by peter
Voces y Vistas spanish textbook in the Ritz building (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:45:42
Posted 2007-06-24 01:04:31 by peter
Looking up the stairs in the Dorchestor building (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:27:12
Posted 2007-12-02 22:35:18 by peter
Paintballers left nothing in the Dorchestor building uncovered with paint splatters (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 14:23:32
Posted 2007-12-18 09:09:09 by peter
A flooded sub-basement under the indoor pool. This is wrong at so many levels. Water inside a building? That's bad. Exposed wiring? Also pretty bad. Flooding so bad it fills the entire sub-basement? Even worse. But all those chemical barrels that have burst, filled with sodium hypochlorite, are probably accelerating the rusting of all the machinery. Not to mention destroying any life forms trying to take hold in that water. This is in need of serious environmental remediation. (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 13:31:23
Posted 2007-06-30 09:40:12 by peter
Underground passageway leading to main building via indoor pool from Marlboro building. One of the scariest parts of the whole building. (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 13:27:58
Posted 2007-06-30 13:52:54 by peter
Mold rapidly colonizing a bathtub in the Marlboro building (From The Pines Hotel 2005)
Taken 2005-10-16 13:23:01
Posted 2007-12-18 10:22:00 by peter
And as our footprints we went separate ways (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 16:18:44
Posted 2007-06-26 19:23:25 by peter
The stage is covered in junk but the curtains still glisten (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 16:08:35
Posted 2007-06-27 18:48:51 by peter
A mess of CATV cable wires in the Persian Room (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:48:44
Posted 2007-12-02 17:43:55 by peter
You would have to be stupid to go into the area above the stage in the Persian room at this point, as it's completely rotted (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:47:58
Posted 2007-12-20 20:14:40 by peter
The outdoor pool at the Pines is still open for business if you are a frog or fish. (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:42:15
Posted 2007-06-26 19:14:29 by peter
Phone booth bank near the Persian room. This phone booth is where my fascination with telephones began around third grade. Some older kids were hanging around the booth, the phone ringing inside. Answer it, they said. I answered the phone and a continuous tone was all that was there. They did something and made it ring again, then told me to answer it again. It was a tone again! I begged them to tell me how to do that, and they did. The ringback number for hardlines in the 845 area code (formerly 914 in the Pines' heyday) was to dial 660, plus the last 4 digits of the phone number; when you hear the 'dial tone', hang up for a moment or hit your phone's flash button. You will hear a tone, then hang up. Your phone will ring. The tone will be on the other end. Also, when you hear the dial tone, you can perform a keypad test by dialing all 12 keys on your telephone keypad (0 through 9, * and #). You will hear the tone beep twice if your keypad is working. The more you know! (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:22:22
Posted 2007-12-02 19:40:51 by peter
Even in 2004, water damage was taking its toll on the Savoy building. Here the floorboards can be seen to be inundated with water. This does not bode well for the old building. (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:12:43
Posted 2007-06-27 18:29:14 by peter
The 2nd floor Savoy lobby ceiling is already completely shot (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 15:12:38
Posted 2007-12-27 15:31:50 by peter
Fire alarm panel in main office (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 14:58:28
Posted 2007-06-23 19:06:35 by peter
The main lobby is now a greenhouse thanks to its large plate glass windows which allow in ample light. (From The Pines Hotel 2004)
Taken 2004-07-18 14:37:14
Posted 2007-12-17 18:14:22 by peter
