Haplin Memorial Hospital & Nursing Home

This hospital Located in Upstate NY closed in the 60's and then became a nursing home.

June 2008 The Headline in the local Paper ~ State Shuts down Nursing Home.

The state Department of Health has ordered the temporary closure of the adult home.

The state served the order on the bad adult home about 2 p.m. Tuesday. According to the DOH, after the order was issued the local building inspector requested that the for-profit home, housed in a former hospital building, be evacuated within 24 hours.

According to the state’s order, health department inspectors found violations of law “which constitute an imminent danger to the health, safety and welfare of the facility’s residents.”

The order says the building’s flat roof needs replacement, and that leaks have caused “severe structural degradation” and that the ceilings of six rooms have partially collapsed, plaster walls are peeling or bubbling, adjoining rooms and halls have water damage and steel ceiling support struts are rusting.

The order says “a foul smell of mold permeates the air. Water stains, mold and a generally moist environment are present,” and protection against the elements is “substantially compromised.” On May 2, inspectors found live and dead bedbugs and bedbug eggs in 40 beds. Inspectors saw several residents with bedbug bites, who reported complaining to the adult home’s staff for months about the problem. No corrective action has taken place, the DOH said.

The Health Department order suspends Nursing Home operating license, and the state is preparing an order to permanently revoke the license and impose civil penalties on the operator.

The Health Department is working with the operator and with local service agencies to relocate the residents.

All residents must be transferred out by June 11.

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Hill Valley Lace Company

 

 The Hill Valley Lace Company, whose operations spanned two centuries of American history, ended production in 2002.

During its heyday in the early 20th century, Hill Valley Lace employed over 1,400 people and was the world’s largest producer of Nottingham lace. It had bowling alleys, a gymnasium, a barber, a fully staffed infirmary, and owned its own coal mine and cotton field.

Founded in 1897 in Hill Valley, PA, the company used looms that were made in Nottingham, England, stood two and a half stories tall, were over 50 feet long, and weighed over 20 tons. During World War II, the company expanded its production line to include mosquito and camouflage netting, bomb parachutes, and tarpaulins. After the war, the company returned to producing cotton yarn, vinyl shower curtains, and textile laminates for umbrellas, patio furniture, and pool liners.

In recent years, the number of employees dwindled to around 50 people, with annual sales averaging $6 million. As mechanized looms replace manual ones, Hill Valley Lace joins the ranks of craft-style textile manufacturers shutting their doors.

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Destruction Inc.

 

This location was Located in Hellertown Pa. It has since been demoed. I have no information of this location. 

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Hotel Levbourne

Carrie Komito ran the Hotel Aladdin until 1998. Then in Her Nineties, She recalls that her parents after 10 years as guests at the Hotel Levbourne, Bought the Resort. In the 1950's, to make the hotel seem fresher, the family changed the hotel's name to the Aladdin. When they built a nightclub, they named it the Ali Baba Room, Naturally. The international-style facade transformed the appearance of the 1st floor of the building on the left. The upper floors were not change at all. As the Hotel Business soured, Carrie Komito moved many bungalows onto her property and rented them to "Snowbirds" or Floridians . The Hotel later was transformed into an Orthodox Jewish Resort Cooperative. Between May of 2009 and June of 2012 the Aladdin suffered from a few Fires.

 

RiverSide State Hospital

 

 RiverSide State Hospital  for the Insane Kirkbride sits on a hill overlooking the Hudson River in New York. Completed in 1871, it was built on land once owned by the Roosevelts. Frederick Clarke Withers designed the building, while Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux designed the grounds.

This Kirkbride is somewhat unique in that one wing is shorter than the other. While some Kirkbride buildings have lost parts of wings to demolition, in the case of Hudson River this feature was planned before construction was finished. Apparently there was an expectation of fewer female patients than male patients (the Kirkbride Plan stipulated that each sex be housed in its own wing), and despite the asymmetry, the building is considered complete.

The institution, now known as the State Hospital P for the Insane, has been downsized drastically and the Kirkbride building and much of the land and complex of buildings around it have been vacated. A private developer plans on adapting the property to a mixed residential/commercial community while maintaining it's historic character. On May 31st, 2007 a large fire broke out in the south wing of the Kirkbride building. A major portion of the wing was completely devastated. An investigation ruled that lightning was the cause.

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