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Roosevelt Island (NY):

Landscape/Environment: forest, water resources, bodies of water and rivers,contours of land, air temp/humidity,climate/micro climate,precipitation throughout the year,wind patterns, soil, geology.

Physoical Environmental assesment:air quality,water quality/quantity,soil classification and risk,fish and animal life,aquatic and terrestrial vegetation,physical and mental health of inhabbitants, phylosophy of environmental planning in regrds to conservation,preservation and green design.

Why? It is in the main Manhattan article. Epicgenius (talk) 14:02, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Missing info

Heyho. There seems to be an aerial lift (Gondola lift?) going from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island; I heard about it due to an electrical failure in it yesterday (the 18th of march, 2006). It was built in 1976 as a passenger ferry to Roosevelt Island, and is supposedly the only lift of it's type in the US. It travels at up to 45 meters high... and I know nothing more about it. --Smári McCarthy 20:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should there be some information on the reasons for the sequence of name changes? Agingjb (talk) 07:29, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Map

A map would be nice to illustrate the location of the island with regards the rest of New York. KTo288 20:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

Can the statement in the demographics section "The racial makeup of the island was 45% white (non-Hispanic), 27% black, 14% Hispanics or Latinos, 11% Asian or Pacific Islander, and .3% other races." be backed up by any reference, or is it made up ? UrbanNerd (talk) 02:18, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The source was in the previous paragraph, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, which is the source for all the demographic information in the section. I've made that explicit for each of the paragraphs. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:07, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Opps, my mistake. I must have missed that when I went to the link. Thanks. UrbanNerd (talk) 03:12, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

Can the 2010 demographics breakdown be corrected? It adds up to 118.7%, so there's clearly something wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by James Balti (talk • contribs) 12:39, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Prose?

Should the history timeline be in prose? I'm gonna put a prose tag on it and see if anyone changes it. Agent 78787 (talk) 23:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it. Sometimes prose is better, and sometimes a list is. In this case -- a timeline -- prose would just ended up being the list reformatted into paragraphs, making it harder to read. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

two islands

Contradictory info between related articles: This article about Wouter Van Twiller claims he purchased "Governors Island" Wouter Van Twiller

However, this article about "Roosevelt Island" claims it was purchased by Wouter Van Twiller (from the same group of Indians). Roosevelt Island

1. These are two different islands. 2. The Indian Tribe's name is spelled slightly differently on both pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.142.49 (talk) 22:44, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about history, but I do know that spellings of Indian names have often been uncertain. —Tamfang (talk) 23:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Governor's Island is located in the New York Harbor south of Manhattan. Maybe the two transactions were the same. In any case, the original poster is confused. Epicgenius^{(talk to me • see my contributions)} 19:18, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8. "At one time or another Van Twiller owned what are now Governors, Wards, and Roosevelt Island..." (p.29), so there's no contradiction. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why was it called Welfare Island

When I first heard this name years ago, I had assumed New York had built public housing on the island. Or was it because of the location of the hospital? Shouldn't the reason for the name be given in the article?__209.179.80.169 (talk) 17:30, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Jim.henderson. It was renamed for the hospitals, this source may be handy: 50.14.142.33 (talk) 11:16, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Smallpox Hospital (Renwick Ruin)". rihs.us. Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

Yes, if memory serves, the island was a splendid place for contagious diseases which were rife in the 19th century, being isolated yet inside City limits. North Brother Island was even better for the most difficult cases such as Typhoid Mary. Madhouses were also put in both islands. Out of sight, out of mind, so to speak. Hardly anyone lived there except inmates and staff. Later, better sewers and better understanding reduced the problem of infection. And eventually antibiotics. Old hospitals were lightly maintained and closed when they became obsolete and run-down, new hospitals in more convenient locations having taken up the load. Jim.henderson (talk) 02:15, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Why was it called Welfare Island

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