According to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary’s website, the facility opened in 1820 as the first specialty eye hospital in the western hemisphere. It’s been at the same Second Avenue and East 13th Street location since 1856.
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary for Mount Sinai is located at 218 Second Ave.Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
“That gives us all the impression that they do not care about the infirmary or that space, because they're logically going to sell it and move all this material to these other four or five locations, which they've said they're going to do,” said Koplin, an accomplished eye surgeon. “What they're really doing is dismantling the historic Eye and Ear Infirmary as a distinct entity, which had a tremendous service obligation to the community.
But doctors and preservationists are trying to save the facility itself, and will join local elected officials on Tuesday to rally publicly at the Village Preservation building at 232 East 11th Street at 2:30 p.m. in support of the institution and to shine a light on the building’s potential existential threat., the facility opened in 1820 as the first specialty eye hospital in the western hemisphere. It’s been at the same Second Avenue and East 13th Street location since 1856.
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