Queensboro Bridge from Roosevelt Island

• Main Author: Smolski, Chet
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ RIC 1977
• Subjects: Roosevelt Island; New York City; Queesboro bridge; city planning; redevelopment; land use; urban growth
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/353; https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/context/smolski_images/article/1354/type/native/viewcontent

Roosevelt Island is located between Manhattan and Queens in the East River. The Queensboro Bridge crosses over the island, pictured at the left of the photo. Roosevelt Island has had many names over the years and once served as grounds for a state penitentiary a asylum for the mentally ill, and the...