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Ever hear something and wonder were did they come up with that or is it real. Over the years occasionally I would hear Typhoid Mary. I know Typhoid is real but what about Mary? As I was channel flipping the other day there on the History...
Stairwells strewn with debris and walls crumbling slowly to dust, it is the island that New York forgot for 50 years.
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the lef...
Today the North Brother Island is abandoned and off-limits to the public. The buildings of the Riverside Hospital have been taken over by vegetation and are in danger of collapse. North Brother Island has been designated as conservation land, to protect nesting grounds for the herons.
How does an island in New York City’s East River go from being notoriously feared, almost 100 years ago, to being completely forgotten about today? That’s the story behind North Brother Island, the subject of photographer Christopher Payne’s new photo book. A 10-minute boat ride from the Bronx’s Barretto Point Park, North Brother Island originally housed Riverside Hospital between the 1880s and 1930s. While in operation, the hospital served hundreds of patients who suffered from extremely communicable diseases, including smallpox, typhus, scarlet fever and even leprosy. More
Most New Yorkers have never heard of North Brother Island, but they should take comfort in the fact that new trees are growing and manmade things are going by the wayside just a stone’s throw from …
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Extraterrestrial secrets, locked mysteries of religion, virgin wildlife and more make these forbidden places all the more intriguing.
The New York City Parks Department would probably want me to start this way: North Brother Island is a ruin. It hasn’t been occupied, nor used for anything by anyone except nesting ...
In North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in NYC, photographer Christopher Payne documents the abandoned island off the Bronx over the course of one year.
Stairwells strewn with debris and walls crumbling slowly to dust, it is the island that New York forgot for 50 years.
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the lef...
In North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in NYC, photographer Christopher Payne documents the abandoned island off the Bronx over the course of one year.
With a background in architecture, New York City-based photographer Christopher Payne is drawn to abandoned buildings, neglected structures that jointly disclose forgotten chapters of America’s storied past.
It’s a part of New York City that few have ever seen or will ever see. Called North Brother Island, this piece of land sits in the East River, housing a
Stairwells strewn with debris and walls crumbling slowly to dust, it is the island that New York forgot for 50 years.
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the lef...
Before coronavirus social distancing, there was North Brother Island, where infectious NYC residents were quarantined from the 1880s up until WWII.
How does an island in New York City’s East River go from being notoriously feared, almost 100 years ago, to being completely forgotten about today? That’s the story behind North Brother Island, the subject of photographer Christopher Payne’s new photo book. A 10-minute boat ride from the Bronx’s Barretto Point Park, North Brother Island originally housed Riverside Hospital between the 1880s and 1930s. While in operation, the hospital served hundreds of patients who suffered from extremely communicable diseases, including smallpox, typhus, scarlet fever and even leprosy. More
In North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in NYC, photographer Christopher Payne documents the abandoned island off the Bronx over the course of one year.
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The City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee is looking at the city's various abandoned islands.
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the lef...
The overgrown main road running north-south through the island; to the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage, and to the lef...
North Brother Island is a secret hiding in plain sight. Located in New York’s East River, it was once an important part of the city’s infrastructure....
Before coronavirus social distancing, there was North Brother Island, where infectious NYC residents were quarantined from the 1880s up until WWII.
