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From: Frank on 10 Apr 2008 00:07

"Linda" <Indomitable2(a)netzero.com> wrote in message
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> LOONY (B)INN
> BELLEVUE EYED AS LUXE HOTEL
> ROOM WITH A 'VUE: A hotel may go up in the building housing the old
> psych ward at Bellevue where horse-drawn ambulances, here in 1896,
> once picked up patients and where actress Edie Sedgwick once checked
> in.
>
> April 1, 2008 --
>
> 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 luxe hotel.
>

Will you go and stay in the same room your dad had?



From: Twittering One on 10 Apr 2008 15:17
That means one of the last homeless shelters in Manhattan (now housing
men over 40ish and a few families, no single women) will be banished
to the hinterlands of offshore islands or Brooklyn, Bronx, etc.

I had lunch there Saturday, a church-sponsored buffet offered once a
week, with wonderful fresh vegetarian food, eg, salad, fruit, lentils,
pasta, soup, beans, rich etc. Very healthy and to my dietary liking.
From: Twittering One on 10 Apr 2008 15:30
Just today, I read in NY Mag that real estate prices in this
neighborhood -- Murrhy Hill, Kips Bay -- rose by 157% since 2003.
From: Twittering One on 10 Apr 2008 15:36
The library branch where I am posting from, Kips Bay, is used by many
Bellevue shelter residents on a daily basis.

Where are they supposed to go during the day to read the news, use a
computer for 40 minutes, etc?

I heard the other day a librarian say, when she was upset over one of
the more roudy ones, "I'm going to call the Mayor's Office."

That may be a referene to the meeting the American Library Association
had 2 weeks ago to deal with the issue of homeless people and library
use.

I read that in Portland, they penalize homeless people, deny them
access, if they disocer that they've use the restroom for personal
hygeine, etc, shaving, etc.

That is inappropriate, in my opinion.

When you are homeless, almost everything you do all day is illegal in
some way, based on reams of legal codes.

But if you deny people acces to restrooms and newspapers, computer,
libraries, etc, you are widening the information gap, and sentencing
them to death.

And then there is the simple issue of no place to sit or rest, or find
quiet during the day.
From: Twittering One on 11 Apr 2008 11:43
Mayor Bloomberg has announced more cutbacks for NYC public libraries,
fewer days open; and I am sure our librarians deserve better salaries.

But still, gotta keep services available to everyone, even homeless
persons.

Nice breeds nice, more than not ~ a message for both sides, guests and
staff.
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