Purple Tombstone in Front of LICH Not a Halloween Prank

Photos by MK Metz

 When we saw this purple tombstone mourning the neighborhood of Cobble Hill this morning in front of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Brooklyn, we thought it was a clever Halloween prank pulled by supporters of the now-shuttered hospital.

It appeared as if community members were making the point that closing the hospital and selling it for condos would lead to a very bad outcome for Cobble Hill.

Later we saw that NYU had pulled off the black plastic covering their logo. It wasn't a prank after all!

It still looks like a purple tombstone, however -- 

and it seems that other people thought the same thing.

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