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Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It i
Seen in July 2017 looking southward
Prison at Blackwell's Island in 1853
The 1889 Chapel of the Good Shepherd in modern surroundings
One of the Southtown (Riverwalk) buildings
The Octagon, built in 1834, is a historic octagonal building and attached apartment block complex located at 888 Main Street on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Roosevelt Island
…population already numbered in the hundreds by 1838, whereas there were only 24 staff members (including those not assigned to guard duties). By 1839, the New York City Lunatic Asylum opened, including the Octagon Tower. The asylum, with two wings made of locally quarried Fordham gneiss, at one point held 1,700 inmates, twice its…
Aerial view
The main building in 1893
Rotunda as it appeared in 1970
Original interior stairway, second floor