Dignified Transfer Center or "surge morgue"
Workers continue to build the Dignified Transfer Center, a 29,000 square-foot "surge morgue" capable of holding up to 1300 decedents as photographed on Friday, April 17, 2020, in Earth City. The building, designed to assist hospitals, morgues and funeral homes during the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to open on Tuesday, April, 20, 2020. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com