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Guide to the NYBG Holiday Train Show, An Annual Love Letter to NYC
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Abandoned
Discover abandoned spaces in NYC and beyond! From decommissioned subway stations, to abandoned estates and more! Some of those spaces are legally accessible, like the abandoned contagious disease hospital on Ellis Island where we organize hard hat tours weekly... a one of a kind experience!
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Blockhouse of Central Park: A Military Ruin Predating the Park
Throughout history, New York City has played an important strategic role in many historic wars. The remnants of those conflicts
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The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Abandoned and Reborn
The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center is located about 70 miles north of Manhattan in the heart of Dutchess County. The
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A Look Inside the Abandoned Saratoga County Homestead Tuberculosis Hospital
The Saratoga County Homestead sits idly on a hill in the tranquil yet remote hamlet of Barkersville, New York, some
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The Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center: A Visual Journey After Deinstitutionalization
Editor’s Note: John Lazarro is the author of book, The Walls Still Talk: A Photographic Journey Through Kings Park
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The Abandoned Fort at Crown Point State Historic Site on Lake Champlain
Set amongst rolling, grassy hills on the western shore of Lake Champlain in upstate New York sit the ruins of
Arts & Culture
Nature is Taking Over Abandoned Park Restaurant in Chelsea
If you came of age in New York City during the 2000s, you probably spent some time inside Park, a
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The Abandoned Tuberculosis Hospital in Rockaway, Queens
Looming over the beach in Rockaway, Queens adjacent to Jacob Riis Park is the abandoned Neponsit Beach Hospital also known
Arts & Culture
The “Heartbreak Hotel,” the Abandoned Ramada Plaza at JFK Airport
John F. Kennedy Airport got a shiny new hotel last year, the TWA Hotel, a dazzling repurposing of the mid-century
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The Abandoned Seaman’s Retreat Hospital on Staten Island
Along the waterfront of Staten Island’s eastern shore, Bayley-Seton Hospital, is an imposing facility. It’s creepiness validated by
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Exploring the Abandoned Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in New York
At the former site of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in Middletown, New York, there are signs of both decay
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Inside Abandoned Fairfield Hills State Psychiatric Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut
In Newtown, Connecticut stands the ruins of a stately psychiatric hospital. The Fairfield Hills State Hospital opened in 1931, with
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Saving the Abandoned Port Morris Gantries in the Bronx
New York City’s remaining gantries loom like industrial relics, reminding us of a once bustling waterfront where railroads and