Restoring The Architecture Of Ellis Island

Visitors to Ellis Island, the facility where immigrants to the U.S. were processed, only see one of the 33 buildings that make up the complex. The others are fine examples of public architecture and should be restored as they have stories to tell.

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September 8, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The two million people who visit the museum each year spend an hour or so among the exhibits and then leave, unaware that they have seen just one of 33 buildings that make up the sprawling but largely forgotten Ellis Island complex. The hospital buildings on the south side of the island were fenced off long ago to protect tourists from falling bricks, collapsing timbers and passageways that were knee-deep in dangerous debris. Temporary repairs have gotten under way. But until permanent restoration is undertaken, these magnificent buildings and the stories they have to tell are in danger of being swept away."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Ghosts of Ellis Island

Saturday, September 8, 2001 in The New York Times

History / Preservation United States

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