Art directors have had their way with this room. An old lobby chair? Old hospital beds clog some of the hallways. Fancy a bath? Like most sinks and toilets in the hospital, this tub is brimming with inches of pigeon droppings.
Relative normalcy -- and a beautiful park -- are just across the street. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. A gardener works in the yard at the former Linda Vista Hospital in The hospital is now the Hollenbeck Terrace senior apartment building. By Phil Galewitz, Anna Gorman. Amcal Multi-Housing Inc. A hospital could be worth more dead than alive. David Friend, chief transformation officer at consulting firm BDO.
The dumbwaiters from Linda Vista Hospital were preserved during the conversion of the building. More From the Los Angeles Times. Business Why economists got it wrong on U. Business Kellogg files lawsuit against its striking cereal workers. Business Ships bound for L. Over time, the hospital lost its funding which further meant that the hospital had to let go of some of its employees.
But the number of patients kept increasing. Unable to cope with the influx of patients, the hospital staff had a huge death toll on their hands. During the s and 80s, hospital rooms were filled with patients suffering from gunshot wounds.
In the meantime, more people continued to die, both on the streets and in the hospital. Linda Vista Community Hospital general view. It was when the hospital stopped admitting patients. What few doctors remained chose to seek employment elsewhere and the Linda Vista Hospital — as it was known by now — hit rock bottom. It was when its doors were finally shut. But the builders of Constitution — the hospital-turned-apartment house a few blocks from the U.
Capitol — preserved the old architecture, which pleased residents. Paul Co. The developer, Trammell Crow Co. Some former hospitals are used for purposes other than housing.
In Santa Fe, N. Vincent Hospital moved into a new facility in and the old structure downtown was reborn as a state office building. Later, it was abandoned and locals listed it as one of the spookiest places in town.
In , the building reopened yet again as the room Drury Plaza Hotel. Linda Vista Community Hospital, which overlooks a park in L.
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