Long Island Historical Society
Author | : Long Island Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Long Island Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Benjamin Franklin Thompson |
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Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1839 |
Genre | : Long Island (N.Y.) |
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Author | : Long Island Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1938 |
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Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738573854 |
In 1870, the communities of Astoria, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood, and Blissville (near today's Sunnyside) merged to form a new municipality: Long Island City. This once independent city is undergoing an immense transformation as high rises replace single-family homes. It is the charm of a small town in a big city that many new residents have never seen.
Author | : Long Island Historical Society. Library |
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Total Pages | : 832 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : America |
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Author | : Judith Berdy |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738512389 |
Roosevelt Island captures the fascinating and sometimes curious history of an island located halfway between Manhattan and Queens in the East River. In 1824, the city of New York purchased Blackwell's Island, later Welfare Island, as a site for its lunatic asylum, penitentiary, workhouses, and almshouses. In the years that followed, the island was a temporary home for several of New York City's famous and infamous. William Marcy Tweed, better known as "Boss Tweed," was imprisoned at the penitentiary in the 1870s. Mae West was incarcerated in 1927 at the Workhouse for Women after her appearance in a play called Sex. After many institutions were closed or relocated, Welfare Island was virtually ignored until 1973, when it was reborn as Roosevelt Island, which is now a model planned community and thriving home to almost ten thousand people.
Author | : Long Island Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Local history |
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Author | : William Alfred JONES |
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Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1863 |
Genre | : Long Island (N.Y.) |
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Author | : Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn |
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Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Long Island |
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