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Ghosts of St. Vincent's
Ghosts of St. Vincent's | Tom Eubanks
“Before the entitled lived here exclusively, the marginalized died in droves.” Founded in 1849 to care for indigent immigrants in Greenwich Village, St. Vincent’s Hospital was sold in 2010 to create multi-million-dollar homes. In its 161 years of existence, the legendary institution treated survivors of the Titanic, tended to victims of both World Trade Center attacks, and served as Ground Zero of the AIDS Crisis. With honesty, humor, and flights of historical fancy, GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENT’S tells the hospital’s story through the eyes of a man who spent a winter on its 7th floor AIDS ward and survived just in time for the drug “cocktail” that saved so many lives. Featuring appearances by indomitable historical figures (from Edna St. Vincent Millay to Robert Mapplethorpe), GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENT’S explores coming out and coming back from the dead, gender fluidity and gentrification, the price of forgiveness, the cost of survival, and the ephemeral nature of New York City.
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Heard about this on #thelibrarianisin podcast and I must read it!!! Can't find it on my library. Thinking I'm gonna have to pull the trigger!

emilyhaldi I'm dying to read this too! 8y
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