nonprofit organization Friends of the Ruin’s proposal to stabilize and adaptively repurpose the ruins of the Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island may be the most promising yet. Intended to ...

Judith Berdy, President of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society reflected ... Until 1875, Renwick Smallpox Hospital, built in the Gothic Revival style, was a dark place. The hospital treated ...

This leaves one of the most iconic and intact structures still remaining from that era: the James Renwick-designed Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island. Artist Aaron Asis, Untapped New York’s ...

For residents on Roosevelt Island, ghosts and ghouls are more than just a Halloween thrill — they’re something to cause a scare on any given day. The stretch of land on the East River between ...

Travelers can explore historical sites such as the Smallpox Hospital remains and the restored Blackwell House, but the tiny island has other draws too. The aerial tramway to Roosevelt Island ...

open image in gallery Roosevelt Island is nice if you are looking ... tourist attraction being the aforementioned derelict smallpox hospital, which visitors can view from a distance due to its ...

Roosevelt Island is also part of our architectural history ... exempts themselves from any penalties and protection of abandoned landmarks. Thus, the Smallpox Hospital, a government building, has ...

In the 19th century, Roosevelt Island was known as Blackwell’s ... “There’s one piece of the lunatic asylum, and the smallpox hospital, which I didn’t write about, is crumbling on the ...

When arriving on the F train at the Roosevelt Island station ... visitors can find the ruins of the Smallpox Hospital designed by James Renwick, the same person who designed St. Patrick's Cathedral.