(Link updated) Demolition of Muhlenberg Hospital has begun

View of Muhlenberg from the Van Blake Tennis Courts
on Wednesday. Fence in the foreground is the old Lot B.
Arrows indicate demolition in progress. Height of
fence makes it difficult to see exactly what is going on.

Pastor LaVerne Ball at a mass rally at PHS Auditorium
in 2008 to protest the closing of Muhlenberg Hospital.

NOTE: I have deleted the bad link that does not work. There is now only one link. Following the directions below should let you view the pictures.

On Wednesday morning I came down Randolph Road from Woodland Avenue and as I passed Muhlenberg Hospital I noticed that the entry pavilion had been half-demolished.

Since I was not able to get a picture because I had an appointment, I put up a brief note on Facebook. It drew considerable interest.

Retired Plainfield High School teacher Jo-Ann Bandomer posted a series of photographs of Muhlenberg from this past summer -- intact, but vacant for ten years -- to her Facebook page.

You may follow the links below to her series of photos --

Muhlenberg Hospital - Summer Series (31)

Clicking on the link takes you to Jo-Ann's Facebook page where the photos are posted. Clicking on the "+26" will open the album where you can browse all the pictures she posted. This should work even if you are NOT a Facebook user. Note: If you click on one of the images on the front page you will only see that image and cannot get into the album from there. You must click on the "+26" to view the entire album.

Even though the hospital has been closed for ten years and we have known that it cannot be rescued, it is still an emotional moment for us all as we see this wonderful institution -- which cared for Plainfielders for over a hundred years -- reduced to rubble.

Say a prayer for all those who came into and left the world there, for all those who were healed by its ministrations and all who worked and practiced there.

R.I.P., Muhlenberg Hospital.

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 -- Dan Damon [ follow ]

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