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New York's Deserted Island

Nature is taking over at North Brother Island, the former home of a typhoid hospital.

03/19/2017 | Rating NR

Urban Nature

New York's Deserted Island

3/19/2017 | 6m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Nature is taking over at North Brother Island, the former home of a typhoid hospital.

Less than a mile from Manhattan in the middle of the East River is North Brother Island, the former home of a notorious typhoid hospital. Today the hospital lies in ruins, and nature is taking over.

03/19/2017 | Rating NR

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Urban Nature is a local public television program presented by WTTW

Urban Nature

New York's Deserted Island

3/19/2017 | 6m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Less than a mile from Manhattan in the middle of the East River is North Brother Island, the former home of a notorious typhoid hospital. Today the hospital lies in ruins, and nature is taking over.

03/19/2017 | Rating NR

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