2025-11-16 05:47 UTC
@newstik@social.heise.de back in the 40’s I believe Roosevelt Islsnd (then called “Welfare Island”) consisted entirely of various municipal hospitals, which wouldn’t have been included in a tax survey. Commercial development there came a couple decades later.
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@EugestShirley@m.ai6yr.org 2025-11-16 15:48
@mattblaze@federate.social @newstik@social.heise.de You are right. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177073/Welfare-Island-Black-white-photos-1940s-use-New-York-City-island.html