FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 WHAT STOOD WHERE A PARK IS NOW

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7,  2020

The

124th Edition

From Our Archives

WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE?

UNDER SOUTHPOINT PARK

WHO WAS T. BURNS?

IN 2008, A FORMER R.I.O.C EMPLOYEE TOOK THIS PHOTO OF THESE ENGRAVED STONES ON THE EASTERN SHORE IN SOUTHPOINT PARK.
WITH THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE PARK, WE UNDERSTAND THE STONES ARE STILL THERE AND ARE HOPING TO PRESERVE THEM. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO T. BURNS WAS AND WHO ENGRAVED THE NAMES IN THE STONE. STAY TUNED………………THIS PART ONLY TOOK 12 YEARS!

1930’S AERIAL PHOTO OF THE NEW GOLDWATER HOSPITAL, CITY HOSPITAL AND REMAINING BUILDINGS IN THE NOW SOUTHPOINT PARK.

1930’S VIEW FROM MANHATTAN

RECEPTION BUILDING, CITY HOSPITAL, FEMALE SOLARIUM, FEMALE DORMITORY

1951 AERIAL VIEW OF THE SOUTH END BEFORE ANY LANDFILL WAS PLACE THERE.

1970’S AERIAL VIEW

GOLDWATER HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CITY HOSPITAL
WEST NURSES RESIDENCE, STAFF HOUSE, CITY HOSPITAL ANNEX WITH OVERPASS, STRECKER LAB.
POWER PLANT ON EAST SHORE AND PIER

WEST  STAFF HOUSE
CENTER   STAFF HOUSE

SMALLPOX HOSPITAL WITH BRENNAN HALL IN REAR (BRENNAN HALL DEMOLISHED)

CITY HOSPITAL

SMALLPOX HOSPITAL
NY TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES

FEMALE DORMITORY

CITY HOSPITAL:FEMALE DORMITORY OF RUSTICATED STONE WITH 2-STORY COLUMNED PORCH.  BUILDING HAS 42 BEDS.

STAFF HOUSE
(DOCTOR’S RESIDENCE)

RECEPTION BUILDINGS ON THE PIERS

SUPERINTENDENT’S COTTAGE

CITY HOSPITAL: SUPERINTENDENT’S COTTAGE. TWO STORY RUSTICATED HOUSE WITH SMALL CIRCULAR PORCH.

MATERNITY HOSPITAL

DESCRIBED AS ONE STORY WOODEN PAVILION WITH L-SHAPED BUILDING WITH EXTENSIONS FOR THE MATERNITY PAVILION.

DESCRIBED AS OLD ONE STORY WOODEN FIRETRAP USED AS MATERNITY BUILDING

STRECKER LABORATORY

MALE DORMITORY

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES MALE DORMITORY

THE SAD END

THE COLONNADE OF THE NURSES RESIDENCE BEING PULLED DOWN IN 1969

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EDITORIAL

For years I have been attempting to use the Municipal Archives Digital Collection.  Today, I figured out how to reproduce the photos.   Enjoy all the images of the many structures that were once at the south end or our island.

Judith Berdy

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