King's Park Psychiatric Center was a psychiatric institute that utilized the farm layout. At its heyday, KPPC was completely self sufficient and featured it's own power plant. Like with other facilities of it's kind, patients were encouraged to work to promote mental health. Building 93 was the male ward and in recent years, fallen into disrepair. Gaining entry involved squeezing through a 10 inch gap in a boarded and welded window. Once inside, the temperature was cooler and it was awe-inspiring and unsettling to have full run of the multi-story ward alone. Building 93 is not slated for demolition this month, being spared the fate of 15 other buildings on the campus for now. It is also not for the faint of heart.
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