The Twitterverse reported yesterday:
Today in 1939 – Welfare Island (now Roosevelt Island) #thisdayinhistory pic.twitter.com/wgT73eKsjxNYC Dept of Records (@nycrecords) July 28, 2019
Roosevelt Island Historical Society ( RIHS ) President Judy Berdy tells us this is a picture of Goldwater Hospital Convalescent Camp on the site of what is now the Manhattan Park Building complex. More pics here. For more Welfare Island history check out this 1969 Welfare Island Planning and Development Committee report submitted to NYC Mayor John Lindsay.