Tuesday, April 1, 2008

From Straightjackets to Bathrobes: Famous New York City Psychiatric Hospital Eyed as Luxury Hotel


New York - Guests at Bellevue will soon be given bathrobes instead of straitjackets, if the city can convince a developer to turn its most famous nut house into a luxury hotel.
City officials yesterday said they're confident the hospital's old psychiatric ward, which until the mid-1980s provided something short of four-star accommodations to countless kooks and criminals, would help fill a void in Manhattan's East Side medical corridor. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Toys R Us