"TWO LOVERS" mary wells
I have two lovers and I'm not ashamed.
This is turning into an interesting year. Two buildings that have been in my life well, since birth are going away.
First T.W. Harvey High on Washington St. is just a memory now. It stood their for almost a hundred years. How many lives and futures we born in that building? Yes it was time for a change. A new Harvey High was constructed on Walnut St. with all the bells and whistles that the old building never thought existed.
Now the building where many of you came into this world at is under the "crane".
How many lives had that building touched? Yes we said many hello's in that building along with many farewells to loved ones over the years. along with bringing many loved ones back in good health for all of us.
It served this whole community right up until the end. The Hospital system took it over from the county in 1985 and poured millions into that building over the ensuing years, new emergency room, new operating rooms just as an example.
Then for some reason it was deemed old and unusable, funny the Cleveland Clinic Hospital has been at its location longer than Lake East and is considered a World Premier Hospital?
At the same time the hospital system was turning over the property along with $600,000 worth of money, a stipulation was sent with that"gift" That building or property could never be used by anyone as a hospital. Build Condos, grocery stores, even a re-cycling center, put anything but something that might compete with us out here in Concord.
I have negative feelings about what will eventually happen on that property. I truly hope I'm wrong. In the final analysis NOTHING can replace what was there ever.
Wonder who I can write a Thank-You note too?
posted by terminator1 @ 2:42 PM
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13 Comments:
I will also miss that old Hospital. Lots of memories good and sad. The Hospital and the City worked out an agreement that there would be an Urgent Center in the Chase Building. That never happen. We now have a health center the size of a broom closet next to Subway. My neighbor works for the City and he tells me his City Healthcare is not accepted at the Subway health center. Please somebody tell me that's not true. Lake Hospital Systems continues to stick it to P'ville.
The fact that Lake Hospital System got our city leaders to agree to never having any medical facility on that land that would compete with them is just one fine example of how horribly McMahon, Hada, Fountain and Hach have led this city. Unbelievable. Just makes ya wonder in all kinds of directions - know what I mean?
As long as I have followed your posts Term, this one hits home the most. My child was born at LakeEast. It's an institution with many heartfelt memories for employees and patients alike. Something like a hospital being demolished and not replaced in a community, MIGHT just give the cynics something to grab a tub of vaseline over. I'm sceptic but interested. Many successful businesspersons and (former) U.S. presidents failed many times before reaching their dynamic goals which made them famous. Our city is certainly better than it was 20 years ago. Yes or no??
Say goodbye to CVS
They are moving to the corner of Richmond St. and Rt 20
and goodbye to Bob and others.
Just think Term, if Rita would have restriped downtown 10 years ago all this might have been avoided. That's the kind of thinking our city leaders have and the reason this city is going down the tubes.
Did all the B.S. coming from city hall finally back-up into the building?
Is there a Grant we can get to remove Rita McMahon and Joe Hada?
They can't find a local law firm or demolishing company to serve Painesville.
I think its time Ms. Rita faces the fact that her idea of annexing land to solve the problem of low homeownership has not worked out as intended. Tax revenues haven't kept up with the demand on services. She can't finish the job because she can't get the money to build a bridge. Can't build a necessary fire station because she knows it would be a tough sell. (Never mind that some of these homes were built on a swamp) Why not come up with some INNOVATIVE thinking that would encourage homeownership in existing dwellings...how about a thoroughly well-thought out LONG-RANGE plan that would slowly convert some of these rentals into owner-occupied properties. Not every present landlord will want to continue renting property...they get old, move away, want to retire. We didn't slip to the approximately 50% rented - 50% owned situation overnight and it won't change overnight either. The national average is about 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. (Census web-site) Work with what you have instead of throwing out the baby with the bath water. New (or more) is not always better.
Then how and why do the same darn people keep getting elected?
this just baffles me!
I agree with 90% of what is said above but the same ship keeps sailing. How and why? Where the hell is the mutiny?
Captain Bligh
sailing on the Bounty
It seems to me that the hospital offered a bribe to our city?
I'll tell ya something 3:11 - you're not the only one who wonders where all the little dollars go on all these projects that our city participates in that make no sense to the average person - let alone the average tax payer who pays for all their messes. Our city leaders agree to so many stupid things, you just can't help but wonder, can ya?
5:32 With Terms questions that he asked I found out the two cemeteries have a budget of almost $500,000 a year to be spent on what? This is how the city hides money. That over $9,000 per week let them show how it's spent.
To 8:47: Holy crap. Just gets curiouser and curiouser, doesn't it?
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