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Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation and Save Ellis Island Honored with Preservation Projects Award for Restoration of Ellis Island Recreation Pavilion

The United States Mint introduces its “Island of Hope” coin as part on the “America the Beautiful Quarters” series at Ellis Island on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

ELLIS ISLAND — As Janis Calella wound her way through the dimly-lit corridors of the long-shuttered hospital on Ellis Island, she spoke of the sickness and disease, life and death, hope and despair that unfolded within its walls.

JR Brings Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital to Life

There are 29 abandoned buildings in all, several of which visitors can explore

Its south-side hospital complex will open for the first time in 60 years.