Octagon Tower Image By Suzanne Vlamis
Advised by the Roosevelt Island Historical Society that: More information available from NY Times Spare Times:
ROOSEVELT ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHS, on view through Feb. 14. The display, Welfare Island: A Spirit of Place Past, features photographs taken by Suzanne Vlamis from 1969 to 1971, before large-scale development of the island; the exhibition is in celebration of the lease agreement made more than 40 years ago by New York City and New York State to develop Welfare Island, as it was known then, into a residential community…
and from earlier post Roosevelt Island Then (Welfare Island) and Now (2010). I went to the opening, thought the exhibit was well done and would recommend it if you have any interest in seeing what Roosevelt Island was like as Welfare Island.