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Warpy

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5. Mother Earth reclaims all this stuff astonishingly quickly

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 06:10 PM

Feb 2012

It's a little odd to see how much metal wasn't scrapped out from this place. Then again, in 1963 we weren't poor enough to have to scrap everything out.

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Creepy Pictures from Abandoned New York Leper Colony [View all] superpatriotman Feb 2012 OP

Reminds me of the History Channel series hifiguy Feb 2012 #1

Mother Earth reclaims all this stuff astonishingly quickly Warpy Feb 2012 #5

Interesting. Quantess Feb 2012 #2

Thanks for posting. Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #3

The history of quarantine and exile in this country fascinates me. madaboutharry Feb 2012 #4

Thank you. This is very interesting. Two things came into my mind. Why have they left it just jwirr Feb 2012 #6

Leper colony in the US 1960's riverwalker Feb 2012 #7

Creepy to some...awesome to me. Restore and rebuild and turn into a museum not a high rise. vaberella Feb 2012 #8