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<p>A visit to the ruins of the Hospital (Building 46) by several members of the Alumni &amp; Friends of Fort Slocum, 2007. </p>

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<p>Groundbreaking for the demolition of Fort Slocum&#39;s ruins, marking a new beginning for Davids Island, August 11, 2005. Left to right are New Rochelle Mayor Timothy Idoni, U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (NY 18th Dist.), Westchester Co. Exec. Andrew Spano, and Lt. Col. Charles Klinge, Corps of Engineers (photo courtesy Office of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey).</p>

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<p>Advertisement from Consolidated Edison seeking proposals to buy Davids Island (former Fort Slocum) published in The New York Times, April 14, 1974.</p>

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<p>Flyer opposing redevelopment of Davids Island for luxury residences, circa 1985.</p>

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<p>Union members demonstrating at public meeting in support of a bridge that would have opened Davids Island to redevelopment, 1989 (collection of the Westchester County Histroical Society).</p>

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<p>The &#34;Great Fire&#34; of April 21, 1982, destroyed at least 15 buildings of former Fort Slocum in the northeastern section of Davids Island (Photo by Peter Krupenye, originally published in The New York Times on April 23, 1982).</p>

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