In 2015, Norman Ornstein lost his son Matthew after a 10-year struggle with serious mental illness. Dr. Ornstein– a nationally acclaimed political scientist, writer, and commentator– will describe the challenges he faced and lessons he learned while trying to help Matthew receive adequate treatment within our fragmented mental health care system. Please join us for […]
Month: September 2018
The Inquirer: “50 acres to be preserved at Northeast Philly mental health hospital grounds”
By Frank Kummer, Updated: September 7, 2018 Friends Hospital, the nation’s oldest private psychiatric hospital, is situated on 100 acres next to Tacony Creek Park — a rare piece of privately owned bucolic land in crowded Northeast Philadelphia off busy Roosevelt Boulevard. And its owners with Quaker roots want it to stay that way. On Thursday, the […]
49 Acres of Land at Friends Hospital Now Permanently Protected
Philadelphia, PA, September 6, 2018 – Forty-nine acres of the Friends Hospital campus have been placed under conservation easement with Natural Lands, permanently protecting it from development. Preservation of this landscape safeguards historic greenspace and the scenic views from nearby Tacony Creek Park. The easement also formalizes public access to the property’s woodlands, which the […]