ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2003
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Roosevelt Island (Images of America)

Roosevelt Island (Images of America) Paperback – August 6, 2003
by Judith Berdy (Author), Roosevelt Island Historical society (Author)
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.
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Ostrvo Ruzvelt prikazuje fascinantnu i ponekad radoznalu istoriju ostrva koje se nalazi na pola puta između Menhetna i Kvinsa u Ist Riveru. Godine 1824, grad Njujork je kupio Blekvelovo ostrvo, kasnije ostrvo blagostanja, kao mesto za svoj ludački azil, zatvor, radne kuće i ubožnice. U godinama koje su usledile, ostrvo je bilo privremeni dom za nekoliko poznatih i zloglasnih Njujorka. Vilijam Marsi Tvid, poznatiji kao `šef Tvid`, bio je zatvoren u zatvoru 1870-ih. Mej Vest je zatvorena 1927. godine u Vorkhouse for Vomen nakon njenog pojavljivanja u predstavi pod nazivom Seks. Nakon što su mnoge institucije zatvorene ili izmeštene, ostrvo blagostanja je praktično ignorisano sve do 1973. godine, kada je ponovo rođeno kao Ruzveltovo ostrvo, koje je sada model planirane zajednice i uspešan dom za skoro deset hiljada ljud

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