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Manhattan Psychiatric Center company history timeline

1807

Though houses had already been constructed on the island as early as the 17th century, the Wards made settlement on the island more attractive by opening a cotton mill and building the first bridge crossing the East River (connecting the island with Manhattan at 114th Street) in 1807.

1848

The hospital's roots date to 1848 when Wards Island was designated the reception area for immigrants.

1851

The predominance of public works led the City to purchase Wards Island outright in 1851.

1854

In 1854 the House of Refuge was built on the island.

1863

The New York City Asylum for the Insane opened in 1863.

1871

The building was significantly enlarged in 1871, and a Kirkbride Plan style building was built.

1899

The New York State Department of Mental Hygiene took over the immigration and asylum buildings in 1899, opening Manhattan State Hospital.

1930

Ward Island maintained it’s dark occupancies the longest, even during the 1930’s when music festivals started to happen on the island.

1936

Acting as Triborough Bridge Authority President, Robert Moses’s first great engineering project opened in 1936 after seven years of construction.

1937

Acting as Triborough Bridge Authority President, Robert Moses’s first great engineering project opened in 1936 after seven years of construction. It was built in 1937 and currently occupies about one quarter of the island.

1938

Music festivals became a hit on Randall’s Island after the success of “The Carnival of Swing” in 1938 that attracted over 20,000 people.

1960

A manmade channel called “The Little Hell Gate Channel” separated them until it was filled during the early 1960’s, thus conjoining the two to make what is there now.

2003

Joyful Noise Recordings is an Indianapolis-based eclectic indie label begun in 2003 by Karl Hofstetter.

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