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Smokestack At Former Kings Park Psychiatric Center Demolished
March 27, 2013 2:33 PM
kings Park Psychiatric Center smokestack (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
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Implosion, King's Park Psychiatric Center, Mike Xirinachs, Sophia Hall, Stephen Weber
KINGS PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – An iconic structure at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center has been brought down.
Demolition experts used 27 sticks of dynamite strategically placed at the base of the 220-foot brick smokestack to take down the decades-old structure, WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs reported.
The ground shook and some onlookers screamed as the smokestack went down.
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Smokestack At Former Kings Park Psychiatric Center DemolishedWCBS 880's Sophia Hall Reports
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Many residents who grew up in the shadow of the smokestack said it’s like saying goodbye to an old friend.
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“It’s been there for a while so there’s some sentimental value there,” one man said. “I’m going to miss it.”
“I worked there for a while, my parents worked there, anybody that has grown up in the town has in some way been connected to that hospital,” another man said.
Kings Park Psychiatric Center smokestack to be demolished (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
Local historian Stephen Weber said he’s sad to see the landmark go.
“Because in many ways, even before GPS, that’s how you navigated. You looked for the tower and it helped you navigate. It saved many a fisherman way before the times of radar and other things and it was always a part of our community,” Weber told WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall.
Others think the structure is an eyesore and are happy to see it go.
“Being as close as we are to it we’re all happy to see it go,” one man said. “That’s a part of our time a lot of us would like to forget.”
The implosion is part of ongoing demolition of the center which closed in 1996.
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More likely is that Medicaid paid for this chair for a particular person, and it cannot legally be transferred to anyone else, even if the person no longer needs. Nor can anyone "profit" for the sale of something that was purchased by Medicaid funds, so that prohibits even selling them at state surplus property auctions.
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At least, those how it's supposed to work where I live and work. Real-life scenarios are often somewhat different, especially if there are not enough staff.
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I have two problems with twelve-step programs. The first is the traditional opposition of the programs to the use of any psychotropic (mind-altering) drug, and the inclusion of prescribed medications like antidepressants and mood stabilizers in the category of "forbidden" substances.
The other problem I have is the whole concept of "powerlessness." If I were truly powerless over my addiction, how could I make the decision to end my abuse of substances and seek help in that regard?
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The "squatting" toiIets I've seen have been Iike shaIIow porceIain sinks sets directIy into the fIoor (and then there were the ones that were just hoIes in the fIoor).
Is that a window in the waII on the Ieft?
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But when you start reaIIy Iooking into it, you understand why. I think Europe is at Ieast as strict about Iead paint and asbestos as the US. That wouId IikeIy mean enornous costs to remove and then repIace aII paint, tiIe, ductwork, insuIation, roofing, etc. Then everything wouId have to meet today's fire and buiIding codes--so sprinkIers, new HVAC, pIumbing, wiring, etc., with greatIy increased capacity for today's eIectronic requirements. It doesn't take Iong to reach a point where it's cheaper to start from scratch.
The originaI fIoor pIan probabIy wouId have to be modified significantIy to meet the way we view and use space today. Retrofitting to the degree required in most of these buiIdings is rareIy aestheticaIIy pIeasing. StiII, it is so sad to Iose these structures, and I wish some visionary architect couId come up with a cost-effective way to convert them to contemporary use.
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