November 14, 2020
It was a gorgeous day to spend island hopping in New York City! First, Ellis Island… My trip to the island would allow me to cross something off my NYC Bucket List–a trip to the old Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital. In operation between 1902 and 1951 when it treated 1.2 million Read more…
August 9, 2020
Roosevelt Island (Manhattan) Formally Blackwell’s Island, nicknamed Welfare Island, was the historic home for New York City Lunatic Asylum–whose deplorable conditions would prompt the construction of massive asylums in the farm lands of Long Island, one of which I am visiting today! But from afar on a boat you can Read more…
August 8, 2020
With its service recently reinstated, I booked a ferry reservation some weeks back hoping to explore Governors Island‘s historical district with ease on my bike. So across the Buttermilk Channel I go, excited to conquer its 172 acres. In it: abandoned buildings (though the best are off limits), a couple Read more…