I took this photo in July, 2020 at Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, PA. It’s a door on one of the mothballed buildings at the facility. (For more info on this site, look here.)
I love peeling paint, so this door caught my eye right away. And what about the reflection of the building across the way in the windows?
This hospital site has a long history. Now it is waiting for what happens next, with the marks and signs of its past still very clear for those who take the time to look.
Claudia McGill and Her Art World 
I think I am mostly drawn to abandoned and decaying buildings because of all of the wonderful textures.
Yes. And there is always a certain melancholy about them too.
That is beautiful – good eye!
I have a love for peeling paint. Both how it looks and for how layers are revealed.
Yes, peeling paint is beautiful and so is brickwork with algae and stones covered in moss. I always wonder why people spend so much time trying to keep everything look ‘perfect’.
The don’t really “look” very well.
Yes. There is a certain “standard” in lots of neighborhoods around where I live (perfect grass, very trimmed bushes, certain colors on the houses…) it is a little too much. Like people, buildings need to be allowed to let themselves age, I think, and acquire some quirks!
And in doing so scrub all the interest out of it… (my opinion)