Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – Manhattan’s Other Island 1974

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TUESDAY

MAY 12, 2020

RIHS’s 49th Issue of

Included in this Issue:
MANHATTAN’S OTHER ISLAND
A PROGRESS REPORT
SUMMER 1974

(c) RIHS

This brochure was published in 1974 to promote the new community on Roosevelt Island.  What do you recognize?

EDITORIAL

I received an e-mail this morning and was asked if we had any pictures of the island under construction.  This brochure shows the apartment houses about 75% complete.

Speaking of complete, the safety shed outside 480 Main Street is coming down since 460 Main Street is almost complete.  The lottery is open for the the “affordable” apartments in the new building.

Tomorrow is issue #50.  How do we celebrate?

Best wishes,
Judith Berdy
212 688 4836
jbird134@aol.com

MYSTERY PHOTO OF THE DAY

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THIS BUILDING?
E-MAIL JBIRD134@AOL.COM
First correct reply gets a book from the Visitor Center

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