The Renwick Ruin was originally built in 1856 on Roosevelt Island as part of a series of prisons and hospitals constructed on the island.
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Roosevelt Island is now home to the newly-opened Cornell Tech, the science and technology-focused university, which was officially dedicated Wednesday.