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UER Forum > UE Main > Please Sign the Petition to Save Allentown State Hospital (Viewed 1070 times)
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Please Sign the Petition to Save Allentown State Hospital
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Allentown State Hospital was built in 1912 and closed in 2010. It was a cornerstone of the community, treating 2,012 patients at its peak. Since it’s closure, the buildings have sat empty, yet upkept. Current photos of the inside show little to no damage or decay.

The pavilion plan styled buildings sit on 209 sprawling acres. Currently, demolition will cost more that 15 million dollars. There are many other ideas to preserve these beautiful buildings; nursing home, community living, hotel, shelter, offices, museum, school - the list is endless.

Some other abandoned hospitals in the US have successfully been restored, starting in even worse condition. A perfect example of this is is Middletown State Hospital in Connecticut. That hospital and it’s grounds sit on 232 acres. Some of the property has already been converted into municipality buildings and public recreation. The city has proposed for an $11 million dollar state regional economic development council grant. This would fund the planning and infrastructure to be converted into a mix of commercial, light industrial, and educational sights. Their goal is to create a community campus.

This would be possible for Allentown as well, and would likely cost less than its demolition.

It is important to salvage the history that we have, rather than to demolish and build over it when it could be saved and repurposed. These beautiful and historic buildings can still serve the community which it was originally built for, but now in a different way.




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Re: Please Sign the Petition to Save Allentown State Hospital
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I think you mean Fairfield Hills Hospital in CT.

Its a bummer about Allentown but I dont see anything saving it. Im sure they've already shook hands with some friends/developers behind closed doors, and the politicians have been bought with promises of tax revenue from future high density housing.




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Re: Please Sign the Petition to Save Allentown State Hospital
< Reply # 2 on 6/24/2019 10:56 PM >
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A lack of elevators and hard to repurpose floor layouts are among many factors that doom large buildings and complexes.
Look at the "saved" Pennhurst.
It's a complete joke.
Or the "saved" Bethlehem Blast furnace complex as it corrodes away. It's service life was intended to be a few decades and that was decades ago.

Maybe this one will get lucky...




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You would think more films would want to use it as a location after the whole Shamalan thing, has any more of that happened since?




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Re: Please Sign the Petition to Save Allentown State Hospital
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You would think more films would want to use it as a location after the whole Shamalan thing, has any more of that happened since?



Looks like they've already begun. Last time I was there 6 months ago, there was already a bunch of marble slabs being removed sitting outside.




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