No 'Logic' Behind NJ Taking Down Greystone Hospital, Video Claims

The battle between preservationists and the state of New Jersey continues on as the organization trying to keep the historic Greystone Psychiatric Hospital is set to release a documentary on the subject.

In its movie trailer, which is posted above, Preserve Greystone trustee Adam McGovern explains independent investors have mentioned putting more than $100 million toward restoring and keeping the hospital standing, but the state has ignored the offers and continued on with its plans to demolish the famous Kirkbride Building.

Produced by Antiquity Echoes, the trailer is just under three minutes long and interviews several Preserve Greystone members who have been fighting New Jersey on the hospital's imminent demise.

Plans to demolish the buildings have moved forward in recent months, with a cost of some $50 million in taxpayer money, the video says. The demolition could take place within a "matter of months," according to earlier reports. 

Governor Chris Christie announced in 2011 that the long-standing psychiatric hospital, which officially shuttered in 2008, would be remediated and converted.