The 3-sided Northern Dispensary building in the heart of NYC’s
West Village is an oddity. One side of the building is located on two
streets (where Grove and Christopher Streets come together), and the other two sides
of the building are located on one street (where Waverly Place divides into 2 separate blocks). Check out the map …
The deed of the Northern Dispensary, which was built in
1831, stated that the property had to be used to provide medical care to the
“worthy poor.” In fact, Edgar Allen Poe
was treated here in 1837 for a head cold when he was an unknown writer. Most recently it was home to a dental clinic,
but the doors were shut in 1998 and most of the equipment remains inside the
building getting rusty.
I always thought they should open the Northern Dispensary at
Halloween. I think a “Haunted Dental
Clinic” would be downright terrifying.
3 comments:
Is there room for a David and two cats?
Froggy -
OMG - I never thought of that! And it's right around the corner from my job. No commute!!
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We must find a way to get you into that place! Then you could have the Halloween Dental Experience! If only we could all invest in it and have apartments in it, too.
Wonder why with real estate the way it is there no one has done anything with that neat building?
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