Terror Behind the Walls
Eastern State Penitentiary's Board of Commissioners hoped the building's grim façade would instill fear in the hearts of lawbreakers. "The exterior of a solitary prison should exhibit, as much as possible, great strength, and convey to the mind... the misery which awaits the unhappy being who enters within its walls." Book of Minutes of the Board of Commissioners. March 26, 1822.
Credit: Albert Vecerka