Thrice in two weeks I've visitedthe old Tri-City Hospital on Scyene Road, otherwise known as the boarded-up squatters' retreat and shooting gallery that greets drivers pulling into the otherwise quiet and well-kept Urbandale neighborhood in southeast Dallas. (Some even say the cops were in on it, too.). YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. Dallas, Texas 75219. Finding a way into . In 2006, a property company bought the abandoned building and turned it into office space and condos. The now-closed Woodlawn Hospital (and original Parkland Hospital) at one time treated patients with chronic illnesses and psychiatric problems. bad experience here calling the police on the homeless havin attitude with people that be seen sick dichargein them to fast not admitting them, From Business: Children's Medical Center is a private, nonprofit institution. It closed in 1963, was resurrected for a short period of time, then was permanently closed in 1973. At different times it housed a rape crisis center, the Dallas County Fire Marshall, a law enforcement academy, an alcoholic rehabilitation center, and a minimum-security prison. The imposing historic church remained in action for far longer than most other abandoned churches. Brock says, over and again, that this is personal. "There's a feeling of university campus more than an office building," said Ben Weinstein, a managing director at Korenvaes Management, the family office for the founder of hedge fund HBK Investments. On one hand, it was initially an old-school wax plant that was abandoned when the need for wax waned. Old Parkland Hospital. People are flocking to the city in hopes of a better future, Top 6 Abandoned Places In Raleigh North Carolina. He said he'd like to see the site scraped, so it could become single-family homes or, maybeone day, a cultural facility if a future City Council ponies up the bond dollars. Crozier High School. All rights reserved. Not quite. With hope, the school will be able to work as a mixed-use building that still retains its old architecture. Brock doesn't have the money "not that I know of," his attorneyMarshal Dooley told me Monday. He needs investors; he asks for a savior. It got a bad reputation among people who went there. The City of Dallas says the abandoned hospital is where some.