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Friday, June 23, 2023 – SINCE 1969 THIS IS HUNTER NOT BELLEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSING

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023


ISSUE#  1022

 THE BELLEVUE

SCHOOL OF NURSING

1950’S

THIS WEEK I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A POLL WORKER AT THE HUNTER SCHOOL OF NURSING BUILDING AT 425 EAST 25 STREET.

THE BUILDING, A RELIC OF THE 1950’S MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE.  THOUGH MAYBE OUT DATED IN SOME WAYS IT IS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

FOR YEARS TALK HAS BEEN CIRCULATING ABOUT THE BUILDINGS PROPOSED DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT BY A MULTI-FACETED
MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTER.

THE AUDITORIUM WITH IS CIRCULAR CELING IS A WONDER TO THIS DAY.

THE POOL STILL EXISTS, THOUGH ITS USE IS NOT KNOWN.

A GYM, POOL TENNIS COURTS, SHUFFLE BOARD ARE AMONGST THE ACTIVITIES OFFERED

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

The “Old Tree” is a pink and red 25-foot-tall sculpture comprised of manmade materials. It’s meant to resemble the branching systems of the human organs, blood vessels and tissue in order to draw a connection between our own lives and the nature around us. Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz created the sculpture.

MORE ON JJJ BRICKS SOON, AS PROMISED.  I AM WORKING EARLY VOTING OFF THE ISLAND AND WILL BACK TO NORMAL NEXT WEEK.

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

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

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