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Ellis Island: Battery Park
built 162 days ago
Ellis Island is a charming little oasis amid the glam. It's easily accessible right off Koval Lane with plenty of parking, so there's no fighting Las Vegas Boulevard's traffic and no winding, confusing parking ramps that require a stealth sense of direction to maneuver. Once inside the joint, everything is easily within view. There's the blackjack tables, a big bar in the middle and plenty o' slots all around. Add the Metro Pizza stand, perfect for drunk munching, and you have yourselves a night.
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The open-door policy of immigration did not always exist at Ellis Island. In the 1920s, quotas were enacted; later, immigration processing was moved overseas. During World War II, the facility was used to house enemy aliens. Finally, the entryway was closed in 1954 and offered for sale as surplus government property, until the National Park Service took it over during the Johnson administration in 1965.
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This Development Concept Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared by the National Park Service (NPS) to consider alternative adaptive reuses for the 30 remaining vacant and deteriorating buildings of Ellis Island and access to the island. Click here for more information
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On June 15, 1897, with 200 immigrants on the island, a fire breaks out in one of the towers in the main building and the roof collapses. Though no one is killed, all immigration records dating back to 1840 and the Castle Garden era are destroyed. The Immigration Station is relocated to the Barge Office in Battery Park in Manhattan.
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These tours trace the steps of immigrants through the island and are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. $6; $4 groups of 25 or more. Park Rangers offer free, intermittent guided tours.
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