A nice set of comparison before and after photos of the renovation work done at the former Traverse City State Hospital, now the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, is interesting to flip through on the Huffington Post's new Detroit-based news site.
Excerpt: Almost every home comes with a little bit of history (sometimes charming, other times a little eerie), but would you willingly move into a former insane asylum?
One bygone institution in Traverse City, Michigan is now making that option readily available. The Traverse City State Hospital, which opened in 1885 and finally shuttered its doors in 1989, has been the site of a massive mixed-use renovation.
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Source: Huffington Post Detroit
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