The hospital has plans to demolish the structure, replacing it with an expanded electrical power plant, now in the basement of a neighboring building. Hospital officials say the power plant is sorely in need of an upgrade and needs to relocated above ground. The basement area, they said, is prone to flooding and where a major storm could knock out power to parts of the hospital campus. Preservationists strongly oppose the tearing down of the 3-story building, which was originally a gift to the hospital. The tension between saving the past and redeveloping to move ahead is thrown into particularly sharp relief on urban hospital campuses — especially ones with long histories like Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854.
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