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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to Roosevelt Island Historical Society president and historian Judith Berdy, part of the north wing of the Smallpox Hospital collapsed about a week ago. She writes, "The rest of the ...

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 ...

In the 1800s, it was an island filled with a smallpox hospital, a poorhouse, a penitentiary and a lunatic asylum. Now, Roosevelt Island is a high-rise village of 10,000 people.On Thursday ...

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.

A part of Roosevelt Island and New York City history is slowly crumbling to the ground. The northern facade of the Smallpox Hospital, a landmarked building on the southern end of the island ...

Roosevelt Island may not be the first destination ... and historical sites including an intriguing 19th Century smallpox hospital, all offer plenty of reasons to destine out to this isolated ...