Abandoned Smallpox Hospital is located on Roosevelt Island, a narrow island, in the East River of New York City. The Smallpox Hospital will be known as "Renwick Ruins" or "Renwick Smallpox Hospital". Roosevelt Island was known as the Welfare Island.
A contemporary update on an age-old past time. Left: French architecture firm Studio KO accented this spare, Luberon, France pool with a Boffi Bains sling chair. Photo by Dan Glasser. Right: The black-bottomed pool at architect Wallace CunninghamR