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East Harlem Health Center

WEBEast Harlem Health Center. 158 East 115th Street. Henry C. Pelton. 1937. This grand brick, limestone and granite structure was the first city-owned and city-built health facility in Manhattan, authorized by Mayor LaGuardia and funded by the Public Works …

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Hart Island Hospital

WEBThe first burial on Hart Island was that of Louisa Van Slyke, who died at age 24 from tuberculosis. In the 20th century, this building housed tubercular and chronically-ill patients. Starting in 1950, it was used to house homeless men suffering from alcohol addiction. …

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Bayley Seton Campus, Staten Island

WEBDating back to 1831, the Bayley Seton Campus was Staten Island’s first public health facility, originally known as Seaman’s Retreat. The original Seaman’s Retreat building is a designated NYC landmark that is seriously threatened by demolition by neglect. The site …

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D’AURIA-MURPHY TRIANGLE

WEBWithin the “triangle” is a large bust of Christopher Columbus, executed in marble ca. 1926 by the famous Bronx-based stone-carver and sculptor Attilio Piccirilli. It was originally placed in front of P.S. 45 at Bathgate Avenue and Lorillard Place, and moved to D’Auria …

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Hart Island, The Bronx

WEBFor four months in 1865, Hart Island was host to a prisoner-of-war camp for 3,413 captured Confederate soldiers. Hart Island was also leased to the federal government for training and defense purposes during World War II and the Cold War. Following the Civil War, …

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A Guide to Historic New York City Neighborhoods

WEB4 — Historic Districts Council — Audubon Park 5 — Historic Districts Council — Audubon Park Located on a portion of John James Audubon’s former estate, Audubon Terrace is one of the country’s first planned cultural centers outside a university context.

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New York Marine Hospital or “Quarantine” gravesites,

WEBThe New York Marine Hospital, or “Quarantine,” was a 20-building complex just south of today’s St. George Terminal. The hospital sought to protect the city from immigrant-borne infectious diseases, such as yellow fever, typhus, small pox and cholera. The hospital, in …

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Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center

WEBJulia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center. Originally constructed as Public School 72, this neo-Grec structure is one of the oldest intact school buildings in Manhattan, built to accommodate the growing immigrant population of East Harlem. Its architect, David I. …

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MARGARET SANGER CLINIC

WEBWOMEN. 17 West 16th Street, Manhattan. ca. 1846. From 1930 to 1973, this Greek Revival style townhouse was home to the clinic of birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). Sanger moved to New York City in 1911 and began working. as a nurse on the …

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Mott Haven, The Bronx

WEBThe Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, a Nordic European settler who arrived in the colony of New Netherlands in 1639. Bronck and his Dutch wife, Teuntje Joriaens, established their farmstead in what is now Mott Haven at the confluence of the Harlem …

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Former Long Island College Hospital campus

WEB100 Amity Street, a.k.a. 350 Henry Street (Marshall Emery, 1896-97) 110 Amity Street (William C. Hough, 1902) On the south side of Atlantic Avenue is the northern tip of the Long Island College Hospital campus. The hospital opened in 1858, followed by the …

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Former 75th Police Precinct Station House

WEB484 Liberty Avenue Emile M. Gruwe c. 1886-92 National Register of Historic Places To protect its rapidly growing population in the 1880s and 1890s, Brooklyn greatly expanded its police force and built precincts throughout its neighborhoods. This magnificently adorned …

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PAN AMERICAN HOTEL

WEB79-00 Queens Boulevard. 1962. Brodsky, Hopf & Adler. In 1962, Adelson Industries announced the purchase of a plot of land in Elmhurst to build an. ambitious $2 million project: the Pan American Motor Inn. Upon opening, the seven- story luxury hotel had …

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Murals- The Spirit of East Harlem

WEBsoutheast corner of Lexington Avenue and East 104 th Street Hank Prussing/Manny Vega 1973-78. One of El Barrio's most famous murals, The Spirit of East Harlem was commissioned by Hope Community. The four-story painting, featuring characters from …

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ProsPect Lefferts Gardens B

WEB4 — Historic Districts Council — Prospect Lefferts Gardens 5 — Historic Districts Council — Prospect Lefferts Gardens This block of Maple Street was the last to be developed in Lefferts Manor, mostly in the 1920s and ‘30s.

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Centro de Salud East Harlem

WEB158 East 115th Street Henry C. Pelton 1937 Esta estructura de ladrillo grande, caliza y granito fue el primer centro de salud en Manhattan en ser construido por la ciudad y en pertenecerle a la ciudad. Fue autorizado por el alcalde LaGuardia y financiado por la …

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Woodbrook (Jonathan Goodhue House), Staten Island

WEBCurrently known as the Children’s Aid Society Goodhue Center, the building hosts a variety of after-school, summer, and sports and recreation programs for children, teenagers, and their families, as well as a mental health clinic. Address: 304 Prospect Avenue; …

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