Posted February 19, 200619 yr I've always wanted to know that. I think having a hospital that close would bring morepeople downtown along with a great school or college too.
February 19, 200619 yr Cleveland has two hospitals right on the edge of downtown -- St. Vincent Charity Hospital is the closest, being 1-mile from Public Square. Next closest is Lutheran Hospital, on West 25th in Ohio City. It's about 1.2 miles from Public Square. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 19, 200619 yr I've always wanted to know that. I think having a hospital that close would bring morepeople downtown along with a great school or college too. Why? I can see how a downtown hospital and a medical college could go hand in hand, but I don't think that many people would move there just because a hospital is in the neighborhood. Am I not understanding your question?
February 19, 200619 yr ^Well to draw more people downtown to live. People will like to have a fast way to get to the hospital. Maybe it could draw older peopel to live dowtown also. They can easily make their appointments at the hospital since it would be so close.
February 19, 200619 yr Columbus has Grant Medical Center in the heart of downtown. But the majority of Ohio cities are on the fringe of downtown. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 19, 200619 yr I was thinking about this not to long ago, but I came to my own conclusion that it may not make much sense to have a hospital in the heart of downtown because it would be much harder for emergency vehicles to get through downtown traffic. I could see a college moving downtown, there was a lot of talk of moving the law school to downtown Toledo but a hospital downtown doesnt seem to make much sense to me.
February 19, 200619 yr well maybe it would be nice, but you do realize how expensive it is to build a hospital?
February 19, 200619 yr It seems that in the age of coal smoke, hospitals tried to locate away from core areas to get away from air pollution. Cincinnati used to have a major hospital downtown, next to the present Music Hall. Then again, Cincinnati used to have almost everything downtown.
February 20, 200619 yr ^No, we still have "old buildings," Detroit. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 20, 200619 yr Hamilton had a downtown hospital from 1898 to 2002. One of the reasons for the closing, besides competition with Fort just a mile away, was the lack of parking and room for expansion. Springfield has two hospitals outside of downtown which are merging and relocating to a new campus on the edge of downtown.
February 21, 200619 yr Akron Children's Hospital I would consider as being downtown; it's located behind Canal Park Stadium. Akron General is not far from there on the fringe of downtown. St. Thomas is just north of downtown Akron and Akron City Hospital is to the east just on the other side of the U of A which borders downtown.
February 21, 200619 yr I would say all 4 are pretty much within the outskirts of downtown Akron. St. Thomas probably could be considered to be the most outside of downtown but then thats the best vantage point of downtown Akron considering thats where the main picture of downtown Akron on this website is shot from. I guess that makes Akron a pretty efficient city compared to all the other cities since each of these hospitals is within about 8 blocks of downtown.
February 21, 200619 yr Not only are most of Akron's hospitals near downtown, but Summa, (that runs City and St Thomas) built their new headquarters downtown at Main and Market a few years ago. Also a boost for downtown along with the hospital's location.
February 22, 200619 yr Canton used to have a hospital downtown at North Market & 8th Street. The 5 story neo-classical portion was completed in 1909 as an addition and was originally attached to McKinley's house which about a year and a half earlier in 1908 after McKinley's wife had died had been converted into the original Mercy Hospital. The 6 story art deco wing was added in 1929 and the McKinley house was moved to the Lincoln neighborhood where it was neglected during the depression and was razed after being left to rot for too long and was deemed beyond repair. The downtown Mercy hospital closed in 1971 when it was replaced by the new 10 story Mercy Hospital on 13th Street next to I-77 and both buildings on the site were later demolished to make way for the hideous Stark County Library, which is thankfully supposed to be getting replaced soon with a better library on the same site.
February 23, 200619 yr Zanesville used to have a hospital downtown, but it moved to the north end, about 1 mile north of the other hospital. There is an Amerihost Inn, and a Cracker Barrel on that location now.
February 23, 200619 yr ^Well, atleast they make good biscuits. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 23, 200619 yr By no means are these major hospitals or in high-population areas, but I know of 2 hospitals that are in the heart of the downtown of their respective cities. Mercy Hospital of Willard (in Willard) Lodi Community Hospital (in Lodi) .............where are these towns, you might ask? :-D They are along Route 224 in northern Ohio. Farm country! Speaking of which, I think the Lodi hospital is the only one in the state of Ohio to have horse stables (for their Amish patrons).
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