A New Development at 400 State Street

Two weeks ago, all the trees were removed in front of 400 State Street. Yesterday, Gossips noticed that something else was missing: the "Sale Pending" sign over the door.

In  its place is a new sign featuring an engraving, which originally appeared in Rural Repository, showing the building, stark and treeless, as it was when it was the Hudson Lunatic Asylum, from 1830 to 1850.

Does this mean the sale that was pending is pending no more?
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