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Friday, April 3, 2020 – BROWN BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS A TREASURED COLLECTION (c)

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AN URGENT APPEAL

OUR NEIGHBORS AT COLER NEED YOUR GREETINGS, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF.
DRAW A PICTURE
MAKE A RAINBOW 
MAKE A PICTURE OF STARS 
MAKE A SMILEY FACE
WRITE A NOTE OF SUPPORT
LET’S KEEP OUR FELLOW ISLANDERS IS OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

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BROWN  BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS A TREASURED COLLECTION (c)

Friday, April 3, 2020

16th in our FROM THE ARCHIVES series. 

Entrance to Penitentiary (c) Brown Brothers

Warden’s house just south of the Queensboro Bridge, adjoining Penitentiary
Quarry where prisoners excavated Fordham gneiss stone that is this the stone used on our structures. Quarry was located where 465 Main Street is today.
The Workhouse, located  where 10 River Road is today. Persons serving short terms were incarcerated there. 
Chapel of the Good Shepherd with Good Samaritan German Lutheran Church
Good Samaritan German Lutheran Church
Council Synagogue built for the Jewish residents of the City Home, located northwest of Good Shepherd
Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted Catholic Church (demolished before 1970)
Sacred Heart Chapel (demolished 1980 for tennis courts)
Holy Spirit Chapel (Episcopal), today “The Sanctuary”

EDITORIAL

On my daily walk today I spotted some of our kiosk daffs in bloom.  The kiosk looks great. The RIOC landscapers U-Arias gave us a good deal to clear the winter debris for our summer blooms to thrive.

Today has been challenging since Coler administration told me that many of the restaurants are not delivering to their staffs.  The staff at Coler is working under challenging circumstances some unit quarantined, no visitors, short on staff and then being told that they do not qualify for a donated meal..

Thru the generosity of some islanders we hope to get  some meals for  the staff to the hospital each day.

The hospital auxiliary, which I am the president of can supply food and treats for the residents and not the staff.

If you want to help Coler, contact me and I will make sure the staff is supported by our community.

Thank you,
Judith Berdy
jbird134@aol.com
212-688-4836
917-743721

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Dottie Jeffries

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