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Station Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtAltoona, PA

Reinhabited in 2010. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/190377634338917 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.stationmedicalcenter.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 295 units in 7 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -12% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $40,250 census-acs · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Mishler Theatre; Downtown Altoona Historic District (Boundary Increase) nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -1.6% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation, healthcare record · all sites with this
New use
Medical and healthThis site: Reinhabitation, healthcare arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

PA, Altoona: Station Mall/Station Medical Center, 2010
• Reinhabitation, healthcare

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map
What is there nowReinhabitation, healthcareauthors' map
Retrofit year2010authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m14: ALTOONA AREA SCH DIST/ALTOONA HIGH SCH; ALTOONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDITION AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS; AMOCO OIL CO; ATLANTIC PIPELINE CORP-SALEM STATION; CHARLES CARACCIOLO, INC.EPA FRS
Census tract 420131016002,449 people, 5,501 per sq mi; median household income $40,250; median gross rent $703; 46% renters; 27.3% vacant units; 3.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 11.2 of 20; 159 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.61; 19,426 jobs within 45 min by car; 34% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 7 schools, 3 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 8 civic, 6 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 89 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m2: Mishler Theatre; Downtown Altoona Historic District (Boundary Increase)NPS
Housing permits, Blair County (PA), 20246 units in 5+ unit buildings, 12 in 2–4, 69 single-family; 2023: 12 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.63; socioeconomic 0.66; housing and transport 0.73; 32% below 150% of poverty; 12% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace Station Medical Center (hospital, confidence 0.97, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 13,745 m², 6.60746431350708 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.stationmedicalcenter.com (alive); archived 2013–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023population -30% (3,487 → 2,449); median income +59% ($25,326 → $40,250); renters 45% → 46%; median home value +14% ($55,000 → $62,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)very low overall (score 10.2); expected annual loss $507,469; high: winter weather; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km7 LIHTC properties, 295 units: Penn Alto (150 units); Charles E Wolf Apts (90 units); Keith Hill Top Terrace (45 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023493 establishments (-12%); 8,340 jobs (-1%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $175,427 (+6% 1 yr, +16% 5 yr); typical rent $1,004/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)18,820 vehicles a day on SEVENTEENTH ST (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 526 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • retrofit already built

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asStation Medical Center
CountyBlair County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic

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Timeline

  1. 2010 Retrofit: reinhabit

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