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North Brother island, New York, USA
Inside the lost island of New York: Eerie pictures of the abandoned leper colony just 350 yards from the Bronx
Stairwells strewn with debris and walls crumbling slowly to dust, it is the island that New York forgot for 50 years.
Now, in a series of extraordinarily eerie pictures, the lost world of North Brother - quarantine zone, leper colony and centre for drug addicts - has been brought back to life.
It is hard to believe that these echoing corridors and abandoned halls were home to hundreds of patients - or that a criss-cross of tree-lined avenues were once roads.
But the haunting quality of these pictures makes it easy to imagine that it was a place of indescribable misery, which one inmate compared to the notorious black hole of Calcutta.
Lost world: An iron spiral staircase shoots up through crumbling floorboards at the hospital (left). The main staircase in the western wing of the nurses building (right) is littered with leaves and crumbling debris
Eerie: The skeletal remains of chairs lie on the floor in a small auditorium in the school and services building
Snowbound: The window has fallen out of the wall in this science classroom in the school (left) while tiles cling to a long-abandoned bathtub (right), one of two in the western wing of the tuberculosis pavilion
Misplaced: The altarpiece from the chapel was moved to a maintenance building before the island was abandoned where it still sits on a table
Closed in 1963, it is now a haunting labyrinth of crumbling ruins.Protected birds are its only inhabitants and the waters around the island are patrolled by armed coastguards who ensure the sanctity of the former quarantine zone is never violated
Meanwhile, the hospital, staff and patient quarters and forced drug rehabilitation centres are slowly reverting to nature.
These pictures were taken by local historian and photographer Ian Ference who was given unprecedented access to the site. He has slowly pieced together the forgotten story of this unique landscape.
This has got to be one of America's most important places to visit,' he said. 'Historically it has had a notorious and sometimes sinister reputation.
'It was established as a forced quarantine camp for people suffering from infectious and often fatal diseases such as typhoid, scarlet fever, yellow fever and typhus. There were six people suffering from leprosy confined here in wooden huts.
Back to nature: The main road running north to south through the island is hidden below a thick layer of undergrowth. To the right are the nurses' residence and doctors' cottage and to the left are the maintenance building and tennis courts
The first floor of the tuberculosis pavilion contained a fufully functional medical facility, including three x-ray stations (left): Each dormitory room inside the nurses' building contained a small sink and shelving unit (right)
Wilderness: The island is still off limits and is inhabited only by birds since it was closed in 1963
Ghost town: A road leads between the morgue to the right and the physical plant and coal house to the left (left) while in the boys' dormitory most of the books were cast-offs from Queens Public Library
Home: The accommodation for medical staff was limited, including this physician's bedroom inside the doctors' cottage
Ravages of time: In many places, including the nurses' building (left), the floor is thick with rubble. However, in a third floor of the northern wing of the doctors' building, a room is surprisingly intact
Workhouse: Heavy-duty machinery was left to rot inside the maintenance building when the island was abandoned in 1963
Overgrown: The front of the tuberculosis building can be glimpsed through a tangle of bushes and trees
Relic: The examination table in the morgue was left behind. Other pieces of equipment, including the autopsy table, have been removed
Day-to-day life: A stores ledger lies open on the last entry in the physicians' cottage (left) while the facade of the building which once housed the colony's nurses is almost covered by foliage
Fit for purpose: The gymnasium was added to the school and services building in the 1950s in the hopes that athleticism could help overcome addiction
Power source: A view of the coal house where much of the roof is gone and fallen rafters are strewn across the floor
As it was: North Brother Island circa 1937
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This reminds me of Astro History Channel program "Live After People". The program was very cool.. |
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Kat malaysia pon byk jugak kan... baru2 ni kecoh pasal Villa Nabila and Kemayan Mall...
Scary |
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smart!
buat poster pun cantik |
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cikatilia posted on 20-9-2013 10:59 PM
Ukraine (Part 2)
Wah best thread nih.
Cantik dan scary gambar2 tuh.
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scary kalo pegi ... tp geng2 seekers ske la ni |
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cantik dan unik.. |
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huhu...haunted nye....gak nya kat lokasi ni lah citer I'm Legend kan....suka tengok crite tu... |
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banyak kesan sejarah walaupon menakutkan |
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erk...ada kan citer hantu dorang buat pasal tempat nih..tapi mana2 tempat yang dah lama ditinggalkan..ade je orang lain yang menghuninya |
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cikatilia posted on 21-9-2013 07:45 PM
UKRAINE (PART 3)
cikatilia.... thank you for sharing this valuable photos with us.....
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doubleeleven posted on 29-10-2014 07:20 PM
cikatilia.... thank you for sharing this valuable photos with us.....
welcome
ok jek
sbb mmg menarik bangunan2 and bandar2 tinggal ni
mcm2 sejarah ada
nanti ada time iols update lagik
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mesti byk hantu.. takottt.. |
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seram.. |
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Sygnya. Dah siap segala tapi xde penduduk. Such a waste
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Uishhhh...yg Dreamland tu scaryyyy |
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