SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The long front driveway to the Oregon State Hospital will be closed to the public until September for demolition of the hospital’s 63-year-old administration building.
The Statesman Journal reports removing the two-story brick building will complete demolition of nearly 20 old structures to make way for the 620-bed, $280 replacement hospital. Among the demolitions was half of the J Building where “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed.
When the Salem hospital’s west entrance reopens it will be landscape with a fountain and two large circular flower planters.
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Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com
