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MetroFocus
MetroFocus: October 19, 2022
Season 2022
Episode 8003
On this special edition of MetroFocus, the founder and director of Unforgotten Films, Aaron Asis, joins us once again to showcase some of New York’s landmarks. First, a look at an abandoned smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island, Renwick Ruin, which is the city’s only landmark ruin. We talk about the lesser-known history of the famous Washington Square Park Arch. Finally, we go to Ellis Island.
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