How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
Discover abandoned spaces in NYC and beyond! From decommissioned subway stations, to abandoned estates and more! Some of those spaces are legally accessible, like the abandoned contagious disease hospital on Ellis Island where we organize hard hat tours weekly... a one of a kind experience!
The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center is located about 70 miles north of Manhattan in the heart of Dutchess County. The
The Saratoga County Homestead sits idly on a hill in the tranquil yet remote hamlet of Barkersville, New York, some
Editor’s Note: John Lazarro is the author of book, The Walls Still Talk: A Photographic Journey Through Kings Park
Set amongst rolling, grassy hills on the western shore of Lake Champlain in upstate New York sit the ruins of
If you came of age in New York City during the 2000s, you probably spent some time inside Park, a
Looming over the beach in Rockaway, Queens adjacent to Jacob Riis Park is the abandoned Neponsit Beach Hospital also known
John F. Kennedy Airport got a shiny new hotel last year, the TWA Hotel, a dazzling repurposing of the mid-century
Along the waterfront of Staten Island’s eastern shore, Bayley-Seton Hospital, is an imposing facility. It’s creepiness validated by
At the former site of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in Middletown, New York, there are signs of both decay
In Newtown, Connecticut stands the ruins of a stately psychiatric hospital. The Fairfield Hills State Hospital opened in 1931, with
New York City’s remaining gantries loom like industrial relics, reminding us of a once bustling waterfront where railroads and
The future of the New York State Pavilion, an abandoned remnant of the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona
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