The Last Ward: In a few years, the Harrisburg State Hospital site will be radically transformed

John Pufnak got a call from city police. He was fire marshal for Harrisburg State Hospital, so somebody wanted him to know that a patient was directing traffic at the busy intersection of Cameron and Maclay streets. “The cop said he was doing a darn good job,” Pufnak remembers. Harrisburg State Hospital hasn’t housed a … Continue reading The Last Ward: In a few years, the Harrisburg State Hospital site will be radically transformed