L.A. County’s General Hospital to become affordable housing

An abandoned wheelchair inside the General Hospital building.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A visitor takes snapshots at the entrance of the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A visitor looks around an operating room in the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Exterior of the Los Angeles County General Hospital, an iconic Art Deco building in Boyle Heights that has largely been closed for two decades.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A table and chairs in an otherwise empty room at the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A sign points to the morgue in the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Visitors stand inside the medical library of the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A framed portrait of former L.A. County Director of Health Services Robert W. White sits on the floor of a room in the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A dermatological laboratory in the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Bill Walton, facilities operations manager at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, walks down a hallway in the Los Angeles County General Hospital.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)