Aug 192021
Essex County Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. It was demolished and replaced with condos and a park in 2017. It began in 1896 as an overflow for Newwark Hospital but was converted into a mental institution in the 1920s. I’m not delving into more history here, but I will say that Essex was a site a lot of urban explorers derided, but I loved it. However, during one of my trips there, I almost get beamed in the face by a brick being wielded by a scared teenager, which made me stop and wonder why I was in my thirties and dicking around in an asylum basement, but hey, to each his own.
I have photography prints and salvaged items from Essex for sale on my main website store.
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