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The Renwick Ruin and Charity Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NYC - Part 2

We return to Blackwell’s Island to look at the now-destroyed Charity Hospital and the Renwick Ruin as it stands on today’s Roosevelt Island. In part two of our two-part look at the Smallpox Hospital / Renwick Ruin, we talk about the Gothic ruin of the Smallpox Hospital that remains

The Renwick Ruin and Charity Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NYC - Part 2
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The Smallpox Hospital, aka Renwick Ruin, on Roosevelt Island, NYC - Part 1

We take a look at the ruins of a forgotten Gothic hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York City A crumbling ruin is all that’s left of the old Smallpox Hospital that used to operate on Roosevelt Island, an island that lies between Manhattan and Queens in New York

The Smallpox Hospital, aka Renwick Ruin, on Roosevelt Island, NYC - Part 1