Wednesday, April 5, 2023 – WE ARE BACK AND A LITTLE JET LAGGED SO TAKE A QUICK TRIP
FROM THE ARCHIVES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 2023
ISSUE 956
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PROMENADE
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“DOLLARS FOR DAFFODILS”
UPDATE:
OUR FIRST DONATIONS HAVE ARRIVED
THANK YOU TO RACHEL MAINES AND GLORIA, MARK HERMAN, CAROLINE CAVALLI, MR. & MRS. RICHARD MEYER, NANCY BROWN, ARLENE &STEVE BESSENOFF, MARIE EWALD & DAVID DANZIG, BARRY & JUDY SCHNEIDER, & MICHELLE ROY, ARON EISENPRESIS, TANYA MORRISETT, MATTHIAS ALTWICKER, JUDY CONNORTON, THOM HEYER, STEPHEN QUANDT, QING XUN, LAWRENCE FEINALTER & ANNONYMOUS FOR THEIR DONATIONS.
WE ARE WAITING TO ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR DONOR LIST
We need your help this spring to help us restore and enhance our garden.
Our goal is $2000.00 for a complete restoration of soil, drainage, plantings and fencing.
We will update donations daily. We will list our donors.
Join us in making our garden thrive again.
ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
TO MAKE YOUR DONATION: https://rihs.us/donation/
TO MAKE YOUR DONATION BY CHECK: R.I.H.S., 531 MAIN STREET, #1704. NY NY 10044
The Brooklyn Bridge Promenade and Manhattan Terminal in 1907 — a view glimpsed earlier on Shorpy, with the addition of a train. Here we have a better view of the signs. 8×10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
WEDNESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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MONDAY-TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
FRIENDS GONE NOW AT PASSOVER, 2011
MIKE SCHWARTZBERG, RON VASS AND FREIND
PHOTO OF THE DAY
COLER MAGNOLIA GARDEN
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 Deborah Dorff
All image are copyrighted (c) Roosevelt Island Historical Society unless otherwise indicated
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHORPY
THIS PUBLICATION FUNDED BY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE MENIN & ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE FUNDS.
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rooseveltislandhistory@gmail.com
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