The House of Refuge used to be the main institution on Randall's Island back in the 19th Century with set of domed buildings dominating the East Harlem river view at 103rd Street. Apparently juveniles were placed here by the city to make hoop skirts or shoes as punishment for being delinquent and put to good use as cheap labor. Today the buildings are gone and the land is used as public park space but we kind of wish that they would have been saved back in the 1930s since they were pretty striking:
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