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FantasticMrCuss t1_jdmogzo wrote

That Edison Rickels had a Mental hospital behind it, long before Target came, now there are apartments where it use to stand.

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JerseyCantSaveMe t1_jdmotbi wrote

Target is where the mental hospital was, the rickel was in front of where target is now

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TheOriginal_858-3403 t1_jdp2l7s wrote

Before that it was the "Middlesex County Tuberculosis Sanatorium" or something like that. I remember there was an office in the original building that had a large vault door in it that had that painted above it. The vault was so large that they made it into someone's office. This was in the mid 90's.

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FantasticMrCuss t1_jdp555f wrote

Very cool, I was young when I saw the insane asylum, it had been long abandoned, we’d make our mom drive past it, lol. My sister and her friends snuck in once and found documents about patients, crazy stuff just left behind.

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mobster1 t1_jdmq2do wrote

isnt that a hotel not apartments

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Spiritual-Stress-525 t1_jdn4c6l wrote

They also converted Roosevelt hospital across Parsonage road into apartments.
I know there is the Veteran's home behind where Target is and the Nursing home on the hill, I don't recall the mental hospital behind the the Rickles site though.

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mobster1 t1_jdn9yds wrote

I have a link I found, first picture is the mental hospital with the rickets in front, then second picture, its the target where the mental hospital was, and rickels is the parking lot, (and you can see the little building where mattress firm and anthony coal fire pizza is) rickets and mental hospital http://images.yuku.com/image/bmp/1c416d284733520fe75472db77a2982a61ccfd1c.bmp

target now http://images.yuku.com/image/bmp/d2836016270848c43f9d58db05a5e9621fe0b039.bmp

found a small picture and the map, picture in left corner http://wikimapia.org/27369167/Site-of-Edison-Tuberculosis-Sanatorium-aka-Menlo-park-mental-institution

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katfromjersey t1_jdnhynz wrote

I think the portion of the old Hospital is now a hospice care building.

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Spiritual-Stress-525 t1_jdnvdod wrote

It could be. I moved in 2021, just when they were finishing it. It looks pretty fancy from the park though, in a 1930s WPA way

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Patty-Benetardis t1_jdnr8pz wrote

It also had a record store where you could buy concert tickets, didn’t it? I swear I camped out there a few times.

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damnitnicole t1_jdon60j wrote

CD world was in the lower level parking deck of Menlo Mall across the street, and Vintage Vinyl was just up rt 1 a bit, probably one of those two spots.

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Patty-Benetardis t1_jdotrxn wrote

It was definitely not either of those! It was in the same parking lot as a hardware store, if not rickets than maybe channel.

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Patty-Benetardis t1_jdoumu5 wrote

It could have been menlo before they made into a big indoor mall, but that would be before CD World was there.

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damnitnicole t1_jdp3mi7 wrote

i’m probably a few years behind you then, because those two are the only places i remember getting tickets for Birch Hill

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