North Brother Island

North Brother Island was once home to Riverside Hospital, which utilized the lack of bridge access to rather effectively quarantine smallpox patients among other communicable disease afflicted people.  The island was also home to Typhoid Mary for the last few decades of her life until her demise in 1938.  The 1950's saw the hospital transition over to a drug treatment facility until it's close in the 1960's.  Now, the buildings and things left behind molder in the passing of time.

Dawn broke slowly over the crumbling remains on North Brother Island, the May sunlight weakly illuminating hospital structures.  Shadows crept back as the architecture was exposed and sunlight flooded into stagnant rooms.  Dust drifted, paint peeled, stairwells collapsed underfoot.  Looking down from a rooftop, one could imagine how longer term patients could have felt so isolated on an island in the middle of New York City.

Heart of The Poconos Resort

Once upon a time, the rooms here were filled with happy couples and the sounds of celebrating honeymoons and anniversaries.  Featuring a wedding bell shaped pool, mirrored ceilings, heart shaped hot tubs, and shag everything, The Heart of The Poconos Resort was the image of 1970's love resorts.  Now vacant and perpetually for sale, the resort has seen the ravages of time and vandalism, looking not unlike an aged pornography star that faded into obscurity.

Don't worry, it pulls out.

Forest Haven Asylum - Part 2

As previously mentioned, Forest Haven was a school and residential facility.  The grounds are expansive spreads of decay.  Wandering through the buildings, one finds a recreation center and a prison, the latter of which was quite a surprise.  As luck would have it, I wore thick soled shoes while exploring the prison which lay carpeted in uncovered sharps and medical supplies in a large section.  Time will tell what becomes of these buildings, as time and vandalism take their toll.