May 2, 2026
Tag: up the river
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Inside Sing Sing Prison and The Mutual Welfare League
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Forty miles north of New York City, “up the Hudson River,” Sing Sing Prison got a new warden in 1915. Thomas Mott Osborne ushered in a wave of penal reform. Out went the lockstep, in came (limited) prisoner self-governance. T. Fred Robbins, a nearby photographer and constable, was allowed to document many of the changes…
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November 6, 2025 2 Comments
The names Walter O’Malley and Robert Moses are legendary in New York City. The battles they fought are still talked about and some of the jokes that were told about them for years are actually funny.