Thursday, June 1, 2023 – CELEBRATING 1000 ISSUES THIS WEEK

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

THURSDAY,  JUNE 1,  2023

ISSUE#  1000*

THE BEST OF 2022

SEPTEMBER, 2022

THRU

MAY, 2023

JUST SO MANY IMAGES, WE ARE MAKING OUR

1000th ISSUE TO GO ON AND ON!

SEPTEMBER 2022 BOSTON CITY HALL BY THE SAME ARCHITECTS AS MOTORGATE

LONG LOST PLAQUE THAT WAS AT FOOT OF LIGHTHOUSE

OCTOBER, 2022 CHECK FROM CITY OF NEW YORK TO BLACKWELL FAMILY FOR PURCHASE OF ISLAND

NEWLY RESTORED T BUILDING AT QUEENS HOSPITAL, NOW AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

EARLY 1970’S MAP OF ALL THEN PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ON ISLAND

NOVEMBER 2022 SUVA BUILDING AT QUEENS PLAZA THAT INCLUDED MANHATTAN BANK BUILDING LANDMARK IN THE SITE

CBN OLDE ADULT CENTER ART EXHIBIT AT GALLERY RIVAA

ONE OF THE GRAND MOSAICS AT THE NEW LIRR GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL

DECEMBER 2022 1940’S SUBWAY ADVERTISING

STERLING SILVER MODEL AIRPLANE AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER LOBBY

QUEEN LATIFA OUTSIDE COLER HOSPITAL WHEN FILMING “THE EQUILIZER”

ANNUAL GRAND HOLIDAY TREE IN OCTAGON LOBBY

NEWLY BUILT VERSION OF THE DOMINO SIGN NOW ERECTED ON BUILDING

JANUARY 2023 ESCAPED WINTER TO BAHAMAS FOR A  TROPICAL VACATION

OUR YOUNGEST SCOUTS VISIT THE RIHS VISITOR CENTER

A NEW BOOK BY ISLANDER KEN ANDERSON ON SALE AT THE VISITOR CENTER

FEBRUARY 2023 CONTEMPORARY ART NEXT TO CLASSICAL AT THE 24TH STREET COURTHOUSE

GREAT PLACE FOR A DRINK BEFORE AN AMTRAK TRIP AT MOYNIHAN STATION

NEW ART PEEKS OUT FROM LOBBY OF ONE VANDERBILT

MARCH  2023 AN OLD FRIEND OF SUBWAY PASSENGERS ON VIEW AT THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

WHAT A WONERFUL WAY TO PAINT A STORAGE CONTAINER AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

MARCH 2023 OUR LINES RETURN WITH TOURIST SEASON AT THE TRAM

APRIL 2023 RESTORED ST. LUKES HOSPITAL IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

CATCH BASINS BEING CLEANED  OUT SO THERE SHOULD BE NO AROMAS ON MAIN STREET NOW

MAY 2023 AN ELEVATED TERRACE AT HUDSON YARDS AT 33RD STREET

CAFE GOLDWATER PASTEL BY RESIDENT THERE AND NOW GRACES MY KITCHEN, THANKS, ALAM

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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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

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JUDITH BERDY

THIS PUBLICATION FUNDED BY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE MENIN & ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE FUNDS.

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