The hospital grounds took 20 years to close and to demolish the old South Street Hospital, at 5.1 hectares is one of the largest vacant parcels in London.

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Taken from London Free Press: SOUTH STREET CAMPUS TIMELINE

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1995: A hospital restructuring report officially identifies the South Street hospital for closing. Earlier plans to shut down the facilities date back to the 1970s.

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1997: First patients moved from South St. to Victoria Hospital’s Westminster campus.

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2005: Emergency ward shut down; 150 patients and 300 truckloads transferred to Westminster.

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2012: SoHo master redevelopment plan unveiled by city.

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January, 2013: Demolition of some South Street buildings begins. (Daniszewski, 2014)