[Rocketfan]

NEW YORK – St. Vincent's Hospital, a 160-year institution in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, closed for good Friday after months of feuding and years of financial struggles.

Closed signs were posted on the hospital's double doors at 8:15 a.m. About 100 people, including nurses, doctors, other hospital workers and neighborhood residents, had gathered by the time a large blue St. Vincent's flag was removed from the emergency room doors. Some cried, while others took pictures of the building.

Furniture was quickly being removed from the main entrance while security guards looked on, keeping passers-by out.


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