- Genesee Hospital
Genesee Hospital was a
hospital inRochester, New York that was open fromSeptember 19 1889 toMay 21 2001 .cite web
url=http://www.viahealth.org/body_rochester.cfm?id=521
title=The History of the Genesee Hospital
publisher=ViaHealth
accessdate=2007-11-09]Closure
In April 2001, Via Health, the company that owned the hospital, announced that the hospital would close within 90 days in an effort to cut costs. The move was met with criticism from community members and workers at the hospital. [cite web
url=http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/genesee0426.php
title='Save Genesee Hospital' campaign builds momentum
author=Gene Clancy
date=April 26 2001
accessdate=2007-11-09
publisher=Workers World Party ]The hospital site and buildings remained intact after the hospital's closure, and ViaHealth retained a presence, with a
diabetes center and some other facilities. In April 2006, Buckingham Properties purchased the site, and in February 2007, announced that the property would be transformed into a mixed-use site, with apartments, offices and retail space.cite web
url=http://www.housingchoice.org/news%20stories/2007/02072007.htm
title=Retail, apartments, offices planned for former Genesee Hospital site
author=Mary Chao
date=February 7 2007
accessdate=2007-11-09
publisher=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ]References
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