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North Brother Island, East River, NYC
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Shutter Island? 'House on Haunted Hill', or 'The Fog'?
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Fascxinating. Just a hop skip and a jump away from me in the Bronx. The descriptions of hellish conditions may be true, but it must be remembered that the state of medicine 100 years ago was still prinitive. The fact is that New York City's medical facilities for immigrants, here and at Ellis Island, were really state of the art for the world at the time. They were probably better off there than they were back home in many cases. Also, these people were coming to "America", but it was NYC who had to foot most of the bill for their care.
There are several locations around the city with crumbling ruins like this. At the bottom end of Roosevelt Island, in the East River, is a ruined "castle", another defunct hospital (actually a "lunatic asylum", as I recall). And out by the ocean, at Ft. Tilden, in Queens, there are remains of WW I and WW II military facilities in charming states of decay.
There are several locations around the city with crumbling ruins like this. At the bottom end of Roosevelt Island, in the East River, is a ruined "castle", another defunct hospital (actually a "lunatic asylum", as I recall). And out by the ocean, at Ft. Tilden, in Queens, there are remains of WW I and WW II military facilities in charming states of decay.
