Abandoned Smallpox Hospital - BW
by James Aiken
Title
Abandoned Smallpox Hospital - BW
Artist
James Aiken
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The missing windows, crumbling masonry, and overgrowth provide powerful and eerie composition with the depthless light streaming in. Rendered in classic black and white.
The Smallpox Hospital, sometimes referred to as the Renwick Smallpox Hospital and later the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School, is an abandoned hospital located on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City. Originally designed by architect James Renwick, Jr., the 100-bed hospital opened in 1856, when the area was known as Blackwell's Island. A century after it opened, the hospital was closed, and the building eventually fell into disrepair. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a New York City Landmark four years later, the only ruin in the city with that designation. After the completion of an ongoing $4.5 million stabilization project, the Smallpox Hospital ruins will be open to the public. (Information obtained from Wikipedia)
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September 3rd, 2015
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Comments (12)
HH Photography of Florida
Nice symmetry and composition in this capture, James. Many stories behind those walls.
Jeffrey Miklush
Congratulations, your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a Feature on the home page of the Amateur Photographers – 1 per Day Limit group !!
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America.