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.
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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.
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