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
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