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Chapter 2: The Central West End: To Stay or To Go?

The question of redeveloping the Central West End was being deliberated at a time when many hospitals and other businesses were fleeing to the county. Whether a few key institutions would stay or follow the others west put the fate of the Central West End in the balance.