10 Surprising Facts About Ellis Island's Abandoned Hospital
Discover some of the amazing facts you can learn on an exclusive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital!
Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
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From Manhattan Island to Fishers Island off the coast of Long Island‘s North Fork, New York is an island
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