Creative Writing: The Ridley Mental Asylum Hotel

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There stood alone structure, reaching the sky... nothing so dramatic had befallen it, just more years that can be counted without feeling the loosening of the mind. The skyscrapers stand gaunt in the shell that was hidden behind and old oak. Over time the bricks had weakened, the paint wore off and the layers of dust coated over it. The Ridley mental asylum hotel. The oldest building in the south east of France made in the early 40s. This building that was once a beacon of its age now resembles something that has been through a war, actually it had. It had years of graffiti around the sides from World War 2 join the army too modern Bansky art. It was amazing that the hotel was still standing after a these decades past. Just outside there was

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