Tag: Astoria

  • Randall’s and Wards’ Islands

    Randall’s and Wards’ Islands

    This photo of Randall’s and Wards’ Islands during the depression (just after the Triborough Bridge was completed by Robert Moses) is fascinating in the ways in which you can see how dramatically the bridge, the island/s, and Harlem have changed in the last 80 years or so. Note how recently constructed Astoria park (between the…