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June 15 (Tuesday) Enjoy the art of wooden block prints

June 14 (Monday) BEFORE FED EX, UPS, AND OTHERS THE WIND MOVED THE MAIL

June 12/13 (Weekend) Enjoy the tranquil beauty of Georgette’s art

June 11 (Friday) HE CAME TO AMERICA TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF HIS WORKERS

June 10 (Thursday) TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL ENTRANCE

June 9 (Wednesday) WHEN DOWNTOWN TAKE A QUICK LOOK WHEN CROSSING THE STREET

June 8 (Tuesday) GRAND AND GLORIOUS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP FOR THE MONIED

June 7 (Monday) A SOLDIER IS SALUTED AFTER HIS HERIOC ACT

June 5/6 (Weekend) A WOMAN FROM AN ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE FAMILY IN MINNESOTA

June 4 (Friday) There are lots of tunnels under this island

June 3 (Thursday) They took the debris of destruction and turned it into art

June 2 (Wednesday) They came from the same town, and went off to serve the Union Army

June 1 (Tuesday ) HE ENLISTED TO FIGHT THE CIVIL WAR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY

January 13 (Wednesday)COMMUNITY BUILT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

January 12 (Tuesday) An artist of great skyscrapers in our cities

January 11 (Monday) WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON OUR ISLAND, MANY CONCEPTS

January 9/10 (Weekend) Ships have sailed in our harbor since the days of Verizzano and Hudson

January 8, 2021 (Friday) HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF OUR ISLAND BEFORE US

January 7, 2021 (Thursday) ENJOY THE CALM HARBORS

January 6, 2021 (Wednesday) It was not a pleasure cruise up the East River to Blackwell’s Island and confinement to an institution

January 5, 2021 (Tuesday) Ladies were very important and they did not mingle in waiting rooms

January 4, 2021 (Monday) The East River waterfront before the FDR Drive

January 2/3 (Weekend) WOW…. COME TO SEE THE NEW TRAIN HALL!!!

January 1, 2021 (Friday) THEY WERE HERE BEFORE US

December 31 (Thursday) You can pull more out of our river than an old boot or tire

December 30 (Wednesday) From an all women normal school to a modern university

December 29 (Tuesday) Built for horses, these former stables are surely deluxe human houses now

December 28 (Monday) A building you pass on the FDR Drive with a long medical history

December 26/27 (Weekend) STEPHEN BLANK EXPLORES THE PRE ISLAND HISTORY

December 25 (Friday) THE ELVES HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTRA HARD THIS YEAR

December 24 (Thursday) A YEAR TO PULL OUT YOUR SCRAPBOOKS AND REMEMBER HOLIDAYS PAST

December 23 (Wednesday) EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY AND VERY FULL AFTER READING THIS MENU

December 22 (Tuesday) Enjoy the joyous art of this Mexican early twentieth century master.

December 21 (Monday) THE BELL WE PASS EVERY DAY, SILENT MEMORY OF THE PAST

October 26 (Monday) TIME TO BUY THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND, HELLGATE AND BROOKLYN BRIDGES

October 24/25 (Weekend) People seem to love to tell us about their dad and how he took care of the family car!

October 23 (Friday) THE CITY OF PIANOS AND PIANO MAKERS

October 22 (Thursday) Do you remember Car Dealer Row on 57th Street?

October 21 (Wednesday) Do you remember Car Dealer Row on 57th Street?

October 20 (Tuesday) A woman whose writings are classics

October 19 (Monday) A LITTLE KNOWN WORLD’S FAIR IN CHICAGO

October 17/18 (Weekend) Emma Goldman and her activities

October 16 (Friday) TWO BROTHERS OF GENIUS AND GENEROSITY

October 15 (Thursday) See the different sites that were homes to Mount Sinai Hospital

October 14 (Wednesday) All aboard for a memory filled afternoon afloat on your Transatlantic voyage

October 13 (Tuesday) YEARS BEFORE DESIGNING WONDERFUL STRUCTURES, GILBERT WAS STUDYING THE PAST

October 12 (Monday) PICK A COLOR AND SEE WHAT WONDERFUL ART APPEARS

October 10/11 (Weekend) Time to enjoy the artist that celebrated the city and its celebrations

October 9 (Friday) A MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON THAT NEVER WAS

October 8 (Thursday) GRAND WORKS OF ART COMPLEMENTED BY WORTHY ARCHITECTURE

October 7 (Wednesday) All aboard for a memory filled afternoon afloat on your Transatlantic voyage

October 6 (Tuesday) WONDERFUL DETAILS THAT WE OFTEN OVERLOOK AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER

October 5 (Monday) A TREASURED OASIS A FEW MINUTES FROM THE THE ISLAND

TIME TO LEAVE THE ISLAND FOR SOME GREAT OUTDOOR ART

September 25/26 (Weekend) People seem to love to tell us about their dad and how he took care of the family car!

September 24 (Thursday) TIME TO MAKE SOME MODELS OF ALL KINDS OF STUFF

September 23 (Wednesday) WHERE HOPPER LIVED FOR SO MANY YEARS

September 22 (Tuesday) THEY WERE SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS

September 21 (Monday) AN ARCHITECTURAL TREASURY

September 19/20 (Weekend) HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AFFLICTED WITH TUBERCULOSIS

September 18 (Friday) Books for the family at the RIHS

September 17 (Thursday) WHAT CROSSED THE EAST RIVER AND IS 12 FEET WIDE?

September 16 (Wednesday) GREAT ABSTRACTS DECORATE THE RADIO STATION

September 15 (Tuesday) YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO FIND TUCKED AWAY IN A BIOGRAPHY

September 14 (Monday) IN 1929 PLANS WERE MADE

September (Weekend) WE REMEMBER EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR APART OR TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT YEAR

September 11 (Friday) THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE

September 10 (Thursday) AN ARTIST OF MANY TALENTS

September 9 (Wednesday) WPA Architecture found in unlikely place

September 8 (Tuesday) ALL KINDS OF FUN FACTS ON MANHOLE COVERS

September 7 (Monday) TWO ARTISTS MARRIED TO ABSTRACTS

September 5/6 (Weekend) FROM SOARING HEROS TO CLASSIC MEDALLIONS

September 4 (Friday) MURALS AT HARLEM HOSPITAL

September 3 (Thursday) THE MANY TRAINS ACROSS AMERICA

September 2 (Wednesday) AN ARTIST OF LOVELY LANDSCAPES

September 1 (Tuesday) SOME WONDERFUL LIGHTHOUSES NEARBY

August 31 (Monday) New Deal Album of Circus Images

August 29/30 (Weekend) New Art Ready for Your Viewing

August 28 (Friday) BEAUX ARTS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

August 27 (Thursday) FRED BECKER

August 26 (Wednesday) Take the A train to a different world

August 25 (Tuesday) WAYNE THEIBAUD CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

August 24 (Monday) THE JEWISH PALESTINE PAVILION

August 22/23 (Weekend)

August 21 (Friday) LET’S TAKE A FERRY RIDE

August 20 (Thursday) When going to mail a package was a visual experience

August 19 (Wednesday) NOW YOU CAN GET REAL FOOD AT QUEENSPLAZA

August 18 (Tuesday) JACOB LAWRENCE STORYTELLER IN ART

August 17 (Monday) OUR OCTAGON OFFICE

August 15/16 (Weekend) OVER THE ISLAND ON A WALK

August 14 (Friday) WONDERFUL NEW ART IN THE SUBWAY STATIONS

August 13 (Thursday) THREE UNIQUE ARTISTS

August 12 (Wednesday) 6 Bridges to Cross a Creek

August 11 (Tuesday) ROBERT GOLDWATER ART HISTORIAN

August 10 (Monday) SIX WOMEN ARTISTS

August 8/9 (Weekend) MEREDITH BERGMANN

August 7 (Friday) WHAT STOOD WHERE A PARK IS NOW

August 6 (Thursday) MORE WONDERFUL ART

August 5 (Wednesday) IN 2009 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF WPA ART

August 4 (Tuesday) THOMSON AVENUE LONG ISLAND CITY

August 3 (Monday) CAR FACTORIES IN LONG ISLAND CITY

August 1/2 (Weekend) Blackwell’s Almanac

July 31 (Friday) THE LAST TROLLEY OVER THE BRIDGE

July 30 (Thursday) THE NEWTOWN CREEK

July 29 (Wednesday) GREAT WPA ART AT TWO AIRPORTS

July 28 (Tuesday) ARTIST WILLIAM H. JOHNSON

July 27 (Monday) MORE THAN A FERRY STOP……LONG ISLAND CITY

July 25/26 (Weekend)GOLDWATER MURALISTS’ OTHER WORKS

July 24 (Friday) WOMEN WIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE

July 23 (Thursday) STUART DAVIS MODERNIST

July 22 (Wednesday) JAY JACOBSON EXPLAINS THE WATERWAYS

July 21 (Tuesday) LOUIS LOZOWICK CONTINUED

July 20 (Monday) More Treats From the Past

July 18/19 (Weekend) DISCOVERED TREASURES

July 17 (Friday) MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PHILANTHROPY

July 16 (Thursday) A LITTLE WATERWAY THAT INFLUENCED QUEEN

July 15 (Wednesday) ENJOY THE 1950’S LOOK

July 14 (Tuesday) SOMEHOW WE SURVIVED THESE PLAYGROUNDS

July 13 (Monday) The Corner Drugstore and a Milkshake too.

July 11/12 (Weekend) THE CARNIVAL RETURNED TO GOVERNOR’S ISLAND

July 10 (Friday) Warning Infectious Disease Ahead

July 9 (Thursday) WHO DO YOU RECOGNIZE?

July 8 (Wednesday) Women of the Orthodox Jewish Community are Invisible

July 7 (Tuesday) GET OUT THE SCISSORS AND SCREWDRIVERS FOR OUR CHILDHOOD PAST-TIMES

July 6 (Monday) TIME TO TRAVEL BACK THRU TIME

July 4/5 (Weekend) Celebrating the 4th

July 3 (Friday) – LET US EAT CAKE!

July 2 (Thursday) OFF ON A ROAD TRIP WITH RON CRAWFORD

July 1 (Wednesday) Let’s take a 15 cent subway ride to the office

June 30 (Tuesday) PASTELS AND WATERCOLORS OF THE SEASONS

June 29 (Monday) Art of Georgette Sinclair

June 27/28 A Variety of Dining Selections

June 26 (Friday) REMEMBER THAT PLACE?

June 25 (Thursday) Greetings from Blackwell’s Island

June 24 (Wednesday) Take a Road Trip with Ron Crawford

June 23 (Tuesday) STATEN ISLAND ALICE AUSTEN PHOTOGRAPHER

June 22 (Monday) Let’s look on the map and from the air

June 20/21 (Weekend) BELLEVUE/HUNTER/BROOKDALE SCHOOL OF NURSING

June 19 (Friday) The Third Avenue Railroad

June 18 (Thursday) GUASTAVINO TILES

June 17 (Wednesday) AN AIRFIELD ON STATEN ISLAND

June 16 (Tuesday) The 80th Issue

June 15 (Monday) THE BOROUGH OF COMING AND GOING

June 13/14 (Weekend) BROOKLYN THE BOROUGH FROM BENSONHURST TO BRIGHTON

June 12 (Friday) 5 BOROUGHS IN 5 DAYS BRONX

June 11 (Thursday) INDUSTRIAL SUBLIME Part 2

June 10 (Wednesday) INDUSTRIAL SUBLIME

June 9 (Tuesday) BERENICE ABBOTT’s NEW YORK

June 8 (Monday) Photos of NYC from the WPA Era

June 6/7 (Weekend) “Extra, Extra, Read All About It”…the Man Who Cleaned up New York

June 5 (Friday) The Children by Jacob A. Riis

June 4 (Thursday) Political Cartoons from Thomas Nast

June 3 (Wednesday) WATER COLOR MINIATURES

June 2 (Tuesday) Rock formation in Long Island City

June 1 (Monday) OFF TO THE FILMS…GET THE POPCORN

May 30/31 (Weekend) The photographs of Suzanne Vlamis of this island in the 1960’s

May 29 (Friday) THE GOLDWATER MURALS FIND A NEW HOME

May 28 (Thursday) WPA MURALS

May 27 (Wednesday) The East River Drive Promenade

May 26 (Tuesday) The last family to live in Blackwell House

May 25 (Monday) REMEMBERING IN DIFFERENT WAYS

May 23/34 (Weekend) Before the airport an amusement park

May 22 (Friday) Why would the fathers of our country visit Queens, NY?

May 21 (Thursday) Time to go to the Beach on Long Island

May 20 (Wednesday) Austin Corbin ROBBER BARON

May 19 (Tuesday) Forget Social Distance And Frolic In The Sun

May 18 (Monday) Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park

May 16/17 (Weekend) May 17th is the Tram’s 44th Birthday

May 15 (Friday) Identify the Water Fowl by the Island

May 14 (Thursday) Goldwater served the needy for over 50 year

May 13 (Wednesday) Our 50th Edition

May 12 (Tuesday) Manhattan’s Other Island 1974

May 11 (Monday) Landscaping the Island

May 9/10 (Weekend) More great photos from Bryon Company Part 2

May 8 (Friday) More great photos from Bryon Company Part 1

May 7 (Thursday) City Island from Oysters to Sailing Yachts

May 6 (Wednesday) Blowing up the Rock of Hell Gate

May 5 ( Tuesday) Family, Community, and Yachts

May 4 (Monday) ELLIS ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION

May 2 & 3 (Weekend) Get out of town on the F train to Coney Island

May 1 (Friday) Governors Island

April 30 (Thursday) Hoffman and Swinburne Islands

April 29 (Wednesday) Bedloe’s Island, Before the Lady in the Harbor

April 28 (Tuesday) Ward’s and Randall’s Islands

April 27 (Monday) A REPORT FROM NORTH BROTHER ISLAND IN 1892

April 25/26 (Weekend) A Special Book (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY!)

April 24 (Friday) Our Neighbors Over the Bridge Long Island City to Astoria

April 23 (Thursday) Glass Plate Photos, …

April 22 (Wednesday) New Construction, Laundry, Fire House, Garage

April 21 (Tuesday) The Schetlin Story Conclusion Part VI

April 20 (Monday) The Schetlins at Metropolitan Hospital 1921-1943

April 18 & 19 (Weekend) The Schetlin Story Continues, Part IV

April 17 (Friday) The Schetlin Story Continues, Part III

April 16 (Thursday) The Schetlin Story Continues, Part II

April 15 (Wednesday) Today is not Tax Day

April 14 (Tuesday) Fun with bridges, more on water, a childhood on the island

April 13 (Monday) First Impressions and Your Memories

April 11/12 (Weekend) Lost Photos Found …

April 10 (Friday) The good old days Roosevelt Island

April 9 (Thursday) A Passover Seder for Hundreds at Goldwater Hospital

April 8 (Wednesday) That Mysterious Water Tunnel Site

April 7 (Tuesday) CREATURES LOOSE ON THE ISLAND!

April 6 (Monday) Artists Interpret the Island

April 4 & 5 (Weekend) WEEKEND ART GALLERY WALK THROUGH

April 3 (Friday) BROWN BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS (c)

April 2 (Thursday) SOCIAL ISOLATION ON THE ISLAND 1927

April 1 (Wednesday) Swimming Solutions, Advertisements of the 50s

March 31 (Tuesday) STRECKER LABORATORY

March 30 (Monday) CHARLES DICKENS VISIT • AN ISLAND IN THE MIST …

March 28 & 29 (Weekend Edition) BURIED TREASURES & More…

March 26 (Thursday) Read 4 Years of Blackwell’s Almanac

March 25 (Wednesday) SOCIAL DISTANCING NOT BEING PRACTICED AT THE PENITENTIARY

March 24 (Tuesday) The Delacorte Fountain…

March 23 Medical Research History on the Island

March 22 Greetings from Roosevelt Island

March 21 Celebrating Our Island

March 20 Celebrating Women’s History: Famous and infamous women …

March 19 Medicine on Blackwell’s Island 1920

From the Archive – March 18 – City Hospital