Isolation Ward
May 22, 2010 -- A private members-only tour of the unrestored portion of Ellis Island: 29 hospital buildings on the South side. The tour was offered to donating members of the non-profit, Save Ellis Island.
Save Ellis Island is the National Park Service fundraising and programmatic non-profit partner for the rehabilitation of the twenty-nine remaining buildings on Ellis Island, with the mission and mandate to raise the funds necessary to create and sustain, within these buildings, the Ellis Island Institute and Conference Center.
(The abandoned portions of the island have been open to tours on a very limited basis since the 2005 as part of Open House New York.)
The full set on Flickr. If you enjoy these photos, I highly encourage you to donate to Save Ellis Island. See also behind the scenes in Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, Murray's Cheese caves, 7WTC, and the High Line.
Photographs on this site are © Kathryn Yu. Don't steal.
