It Can't Be June!
I've been remiss! On Tuesday I blogged at the Inkwell about a fascinating 19th century Mission Coffee House which served the area near Blackwell's Island in Yew York and I forgot to mention it here. Eeps! Blackwell's Island sits between Manhattan and Queen's. It's now known as Roosevelt Island. Opened in 1856, a smallpox hospital on the southern tip of Blackwell's Island was part of a multitude of public institutions to care for New York City's unfortunate and destitute. This 2002 photo shows the roofless Renwick Ruins. There are trees growing inside as well as around the abandoned hospital. An ongoing restoration and stabilization effort is in place. Here, the stones of the former smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island are being removed and numbered. The building will be put back together again at a later date. It seems the restoration of the Renwick smallpox hospital is a mystery at the moment. A high fence has been placed acr...