Monday, January 19, 2015
Insiders Look At New York City’s Mysterious Abandoned North Brother Island (39 Pics)
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Located in between Queens and the Bronx, 20 acre North Brother Island was in use by New York City from 1885 to 1963 as a hospital complex to quarantine and treat people suffering from smallpox and typhoid fever then a rehab center and a housing project for WWII vets. By 1963 things were falling apart on the island and it was abandoned. 50 years later Mother Nature is slowly reclaiming her territory as you’ll see in the following photos.
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Quick! Sell that island, for a loss to taxpayers, to some billionaires and friends of Congressmen, who can eradicate all the natural life and fauna replacing it with country estates and an exclusive club.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's the only thing that makes sense here...
Nah, have some terrorists attack it, blow it up, then raise taxes again, fight another undeclared war, and just GIVE the billionaires the money instead!
ReplyDeleteFeinstein's husband probably has this on his to do list after he's done with the USPS properties he's been selling.
ReplyDeleteStrange the way abandoned human dwellings return to nature and always seem to have this eerie sense of a final rout and last-minute retreat.
ReplyDeleteThe honorable Mrs. Feinstein has already explained that there can be no corruption because she and her husband are just too busy, with their personal and professional schedules, to maintain a relationship where they confer on matters of import. They cannot be criminals because they don't talk to each other!
ReplyDeleteGeez-Louise man, you people and your conspiracy theories...
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