tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5721362824629820650..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Ellis Island RuinsJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-27532936678612987022011-12-27T17:22:19.448-05:002011-12-27T17:22:19.448-05:00Why doesn't the government ever do the obvious...Why doesn't the government ever do the obvious and lease these sort of properties to those who can rehabilitate them as homes, apartments, businesses. What rich guy wouldn't want to commute daily to Wall street from there? So what if he is a rich guy, better to live, spend and pay taxes in NY than in Conn.! Only the government lets great property such as "Admiral's Row" in the Brooklyn Navy Yard or Governors Island to rot unused.walkernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429743114715460485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91597142832338141512009-10-12T23:22:14.573-04:002009-10-12T23:22:14.573-04:00Am I the only one that feels this would make an am...Am I the only one that feels this would make an amazing home? Those windows! That light! A fireplace!~evilsugar25https://www.blogger.com/profile/01966071862996006887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-4226145425822388182009-10-12T19:23:08.983-04:002009-10-12T19:23:08.983-04:00Great pics! There was a documentary I saw recentl...Great pics! There was a documentary I saw recently on Ch 13 WNET a PBS station in NYC. It showed how the federal government ran socialzed medicine in this place.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165264073811444835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3468208696102305452009-10-12T13:49:37.321-04:002009-10-12T13:49:37.321-04:00Love this post. Just wrote a blog post about the o...Love this post. Just wrote a blog post about the old Elks lodge on Queens Boulevard. Reminds me of this. http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/interactive2010/2009/10/09/as-queens-goes-so-goes-the-elks-lodge/Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043139040284965319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-52676495142397954332009-10-12T10:16:58.171-04:002009-10-12T10:16:58.171-04:00Striking shots, JM. Very nice work.Striking shots, JM. Very nice work.Alex in NYChttp://vassifer.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66560684414825590162009-10-12T08:55:30.010-04:002009-10-12T08:55:30.010-04:00Thanks for the photos of Ellis Island. I have neve...Thanks for the photos of Ellis Island. I have never been there but one of my Grandfathers passed through there as a small child.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587238399511427894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20308112112294480862009-10-12T08:55:29.588-04:002009-10-12T08:55:29.588-04:00thanks. it is definitely spooky out there.thanks. it is definitely spooky out there.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53909717664818171902009-10-12T08:46:15.391-04:002009-10-12T08:46:15.391-04:00Seems like the perfect slightly melancholy season ...Seems like the perfect slightly melancholy season for this visit; great copy and pictures.<br /><br />I'm hoping that, as an 'outsider' New Yorker in Texas, that you've also linked this to Forgotten New York. This was almost as remote a journey as some Staten Island wood.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754784704911220978noreply@blogger.com