Six Years in the making, our spectacular new clinical buildings soon will begin to rise out of the ground. As this artist’s rendering suggest, the massive Children’s Tower and Cardiovascular and Critical Care Tower will alter not only the East Baltimore landscape but also the entire city skyline. High on the hill they’ll be visible from downtown and from the waterfront. They’ll light up the night, a glowing beacon overlooking the city.
The June 5 celebration also heralds a new phase: construction. This is actually the biggest hospital single-expansion project in the United States. The innovative buildings will rise on a single foundation, one composed not just of concrete and steel, but also, as noted at the groundbreaking ceremony, of Hopkins ideals.
In front of the red car, is the entrance to the Adult ED. The adult and pediatric emergency entrances are for walk-ins. Ambulances arrive at a special “authorized vehicle” entranced at the back of the buildings. Scheduled to open in three years, the Critical Care and Children’s Towers will test some of the planned, new ways of delivering care. Here for example, care will be patient-centric.
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