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Hart Island

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If I was a better writer I would find better words than haunting, beautiful and sublime for this incredible book. If I could, I would PAY people to read it. (On the condition that they give me the money back if they agree that it's as good as I say it is!) It gives a lovely, painful and unforgetable look at how forgetable we can be. The shots of the bleachers from Ebbets Field! Broke my heart.

I can't stop looking at these images.

I can't stop trying to read the records of the people buried there that surround the photographs in the front.

This book is the last time a photographer and an artist were able to gain access to Hart Island with permission of the Department of Correction. It changed visitation policy for families who can now visit.

However, the press are now totally banned. Many of fine Victorian Era institutional buildings are being dismantled without landmark evaluation. A Federal Army Civil War era stable sits waiting to be recognized.

I want to be buried on Hart Island and cannot. So, I have to settle for the next best thing. The photography is outstanding and transports me right into each picture. The book is a fine historical tribute to all of the islands that surround Manhattan and have made it the city it is.