A Photo Tour Of Beautifully Decaying North Brother Island
<a href="http://gothamist.com/tags/northbrotherisland">North Brother Island</a>, located just off shore from the Bronx in the Hell Gate section of the East River, has a fascinating history: It was once home to a quarantine hospital that housed Typhoid Mary; it's where the General Slocum sank and burned in 1904, killing over 1,200 people; after World War II, the island housed war veterans who were students at local colleges; and in the '50s it was home to an experimental drug treatment program that was mired in corruption. <p></p><p>The island has been abandoned for almost half a century now, and the public is prohibited, but the Parks Department still has access too it, and we recently spoke with John Krawchuk, the department's Director of Historic Preservation. Click through on the photos for our conversation with Krawchuk. <br/></p>
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