In the midst of New York’s Ramapo Mountains amongst the rolling hills of Rockland County, lies the bucolic hamlet of Thiells. It was the perfect spot for the president of the New York State Board of Charities William Pryor Letchworth to conceive of his new model of progressive care: a self-sufficient village of working farm cottages that would give mentally disabled patients a more humane lifestyle.
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The Fire that Birthed Skull Silo
Around 5:30 am on May 2, 2006, a mysterious 10-alarm fire broke out at the Greenpoint Terminal Market in Brooklyn. Clouds of gray smoke stretched across the East River all the way to the West Side of Manhattan. It took 400 firefighters 36 hours and nine million gallons of water to fully extinguish the blaze, making it the most extensive operation by the FDNY since 9/ 11. It is widely speculated that the fire was a result of arson by the developer of the property. This building is one of the few remains of the historic waterfront.
Read MoreA Zoo That Was
About two and a half hours from New York City, up the Thruway to Exit 20 and off State Route 32 lies what was once the first privately owned zoo in the U.S. - the Catskill Game Farm.
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