That Ellis Island was not bulldozed was only because Congress never allocated enough money to do any large-scale project. In 1970, seeking to curry favor with Black voters and aid the cause of ...

About 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island until it was shuttered 70 years ago in 1954. Among them were Isaac Asimov, Abe Beame, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and ...

In the early 1970s, two high school filmmakers ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an abandoned space nearby: Ellis Island. Skip to content Skip to site index Here’s What They ...

The Roosevelt Hotel became a refuge for thousands of migrants traveling to New York City from the border. Officials shuttered it as the number of new arrivals wanes.

Annual arrivals at Ellis Island grew from 200,000 in 1896 to 900,000 by 1905, requiring ever more doctors to perform exams. These took place after the new arrivals had deposited their luggage and ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. CNN values your feedback 1.

Lopez was among many who gathered on Ellis Island, where migrants have been receiving help with filing out asylum applications, courtesy of a non-profit organization called Project Rousseau.

Untold stories of Caribbean immigrants at Ellis Island 06:56. NEW YORK - Ellis Island is best known as the location where millions of immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived in the United States ...

Around $60 million has already been raised for renovation efforts at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. The 34-year-old museum is the focus a much-needed revitalization campaign.

Unfortunately, preservation of Ellis Island Hospital, a remarkable 725-bed institution on the south side, took a distant third place after the statute and immigration hall.