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North Brother Island (part of NYC, I guess) used to be a quarantine center and is now this amazing ghost town. -- (link)

Posted by mara Feb 3 '12, 09:04

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094823/New-York-leper-colony-Eerie-pictures-inside-abandoned-world-lost-island.html (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Didn't Preston/Child have a Pendergrast novel set there? -- nm - amoxy Feb 3, 09:15
nice. there's also the more familiar and accessible ruin on Roosevelt Island -- (link) - znufrii Feb 3, 09:14 3
- not as cool as below, but I love the history of it and the design -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 09:20 1
  - sorry. that should be above. :) -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 09:21
- I was reading about this place last week. It's open to the public now. -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 09:17
Very interesting. I never heard of the island or its history. -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 09:12
I love it. I wish we had places around here like that I could go check out and get pictures of -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 09:09 2
- Put on some body armor and take a drive through south LA sometime -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 09:15 1
  - again, not around here. - sycor Feb 3, 09:18

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