David Mandl on Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:54:54 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> Death of a Hospital |
I take it you haven't seen this: = http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324263404578614183479259720.= html (Executive summary: Brooklyn-based couple, old friends of and early investors with Warren Buffett, die leaving close to a billion dollars, ***$135M*** of which they leave to LICH. LICH successfully twists the conditions of the donation to misuse the money, goes broke anyway due to corruption and mismanagement.) On Jul 30, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> wrote: > Death of a Hospital > > Today we went to the LICH, Long Island College Hospital, for > neurology issues. The hospital is being closed down so developers > can build condominiums there. In our area there are seven 30+ > storey buildings, condominiums scheduled for the next few years. > Current condos go for around $700,000 for a one bedroom. The > hospital has been the scene of protests in recent months; it > serves a large number of neighborhoods and in particular seems to > serve minorities. [snip] -- Dave Mandl dmandl@panix.com davem@wfmu.org Web: http://dmandl.tumblr.com/ Twitter: @dmandl Instagram: dmandl # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org