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This week on the Bowery Boys.

The contagious disease hospital was built in 1909, 1909, open in 1911.

More and more people were coming, and then more and more contagious diseases came along with them.

A lot of these people don't speak English. There might be a translator.

The length of time you could be here could be a of days, or it could be over a year.

And you can see, even after being left abandoned for more than 50 years, it's in really good shape. There's a way to build a connection between historical immigration, contemporary

immigration, and the understanding of what it means to be a good citizen. This is one of the few

sites in the world that depicts

that. And so we need to preserve that because that's our duty as Americans to preserve this

history and to share it with people.

The Bowery Boys episode 473, the other side of Ellis Island.

Hey, it's the Bowery Boys.

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Hi there, welcome to the Bari Boys. This is Greg Young.

And this is Tom Myers. And we have a treat for you. For the next couple of episodes, we are going to revisit two of New York's most famous landmarks, both of which are deeply associated with both New York history and American history. Those are Ellis Island for today's episode, and in a couple of weeks,

the Statue of Liberty. These are huge topics which we've explored in many previous shows,

of course, but they're always worth revisiting every once in a while here,

especially from new angles because New York City is a city of immigrants.

Right. And as you just heard at the top of the show, today's episode is sponsored by the

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