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Stanley Isaacs Playground

FDR Dr., E. 95 St. To E. 97 St.

Manhattan

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

What was here before? 
In the early 20th century, the southern half of this site was occupied by a large storage facility owned by the New York Edison Company, a power utility and precursor to today’s Consolidated Edison. It encompassed an entire city block between East 95th and East 96th Streets. The northern half of the parcel was occupied by a garage, another New York Edison Company facility, and a building belonging to the Kenlon Coal Company. The latter fought against condemnation for the construction of the new East River Drive. They were the last legal hurdle to the project until their application for an injunction was denied by Supreme Court Justice Samuel I. Rosenman in 1935, allowing the land to be seized. There were also two small piers for barges on the East River, at the ends of East 95th and East 96th Streets.

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