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Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City. [1] [2] [3] Part of the borough of Manhattan, it is separated from Manhattan Island by the Harlem River, from Queens by the East River and Hell Gate, and from the Bronx by the Bronx Kill.
The first known bridge to Wards Island was a wooden drawbridge between East 114th Street in Manhattan to the northwest corner of the island. The bridge was built in 1807 to serve a cotton business run by Philip Milledolar and Bartholomew Ward and lasted until 1821, when it was destroyed by a storm.
Randalls and Wards Islands is an island in New York City's East River. Pages in category "Randalls and Wards Islands" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Randall Island (formerly Hensley Island) [1] is an island in the Sacramento River, ... [26] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. [27] References ...
The largest of these parks was Randall's Island Park, located on Wards and Randalls Islands. [210] [211] The park on Randalls Island was approved in February 1935 [212] and included an Olympic-sized running track called Downing Stadium, work on which began in mid-1935; [210] [213] the stadium was incomplete at the time of the bridge's opening ...
View of the bridge's Queens approach, main span, Wards Island approach, and Little Hell Gate span as seen from Randalls Island, looking south. Workers began renovating the bridge in April 1992; [233] at Moynihan's request, the Municipal Art Society asked six architects and artists to decide the color in which the bridge should be painted. [234]
Downing Stadium, previously known as Triborough Stadium and Randall's Island Stadium, was a 22,000-seat stadium on Randalls Island in New York City. It was renamed Downing Stadium in 1955 after John J. Downing, a director at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation .
Icahn Stadium in daylight. Icahn Stadium is a 5,000 seat track and field and multipurpose facility located on Randalls Island in Manhattan, New York City.Designed within the former site of Downing Stadium, it opened on April 23, 2005.