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We All Require Hospitals! Yet They Do Not Make Great Neighbors
May 6, 2016 - A Sinking Feeling? Research offers an empirical study of the relationship between real estate prices and distance from the nearest hospital. It shows that hospitals are what the author calls "semi-obnoxious" amenities: you want to be near one, but not too near, because of hospital noise and traffic. As shown in #DowntownUtica Map, a hospital would impact prices within the blue area. Actually the circle should be larger, since the hospital could occupy a sizeable area, and the critical distance should be measured from the edge of the facility. Plus, nobody knows the size or shape they've imagined- let's hope that the Mohawk Valley Region never finds out!
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May 3, 2016 - The Reality of Pushing a Downtown Hospital It's sad our civilization cannot learn from those that came before. Our current Mohawk Valley government leadership and hospital administration are busy selling a downtown hospital concept, which offers no greater outcomes for the region's healthcare.
The effort, if it comes to pass, will waste hundreds of millions of dollars (intended for better healthcare) on a flawed economic development effort in downtown Utica. Read on...
@MVHealthSystem @SenGriffo @NYSA_Majority @ABrindisi119 @CityofUtica @mikeforutica @SenDaveValesky please take note pic.twitter.com/Yi5p0GHSJr
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) May 3, 2016
According to Robert Sullivan "Yesterday was the 100th birthday of Jane Jacobs, author of the planning bible "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." It seems that a similar battle like the one we are engaged in here happened 50 years ago in NYC. Robert Moses, the Planning Czar of Manhattan at the time, advocated the destruction and clearing out of entire neighborhoods in order to redevelop them. One neighborhood on his hit list was the one Miss Jacobs lived in, Greenwich Village. He wanted it gone for an expressway and apartment towers. Miss Jacobs started a community revolution against this foolhardy plan and won! In fact, the battle she waged changed the way American cities redeveloped themselves from that point on. The destructive "Urban Renewal" policies of the 1960's and '70's, of which Utica itself was a victim, were abandoned in favor of more thoughtful and inspired thinking."
February 10, 2016 - - Hospitals are required, we all need them. However, they do not make very good neighbors. Neighbors in Saratoga, NY are unhappy about possible hospital expansion. Could the success of nano in the Albany region mean the expansion is required?
If Utica is to benefit from our nano efforts, then those advocating for a downtown hospital would have nowhere to expand their hospital without bumping into other neighborhoods. This is a big reason they should not force a big regional hospital into a small scale downtown like Utica. Future expansion would only be possible if they plan to buy more buildings and tear them down. Could this be the long term plan? Do people advocating for a downtown hospital wish to destroy the remaining small-city scale that's currently on the come back?
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