Showing posts with label Bellevue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bellevue. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2008

Shit that you can't make up: Mental hospital edition


Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Charlie Parker, Sid Vicious and Edie Sedgwick have been among the many who have had a mental vacation at Bellevue. It's more than a nuthouse, of course: It's the oldest public hospital in the United States. Oh, well, now the original Bellevue building at First Avenue and 30th Street might become a fucking hotel. (New York magazine)