175: #Federals: The US Citizenship and Immigration service fees dry up, laying off thousands. @FRoseDC
Image:Title: A home geography of New York city (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidhomegeographyofn00stra) Year: 1905 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1905) (1900s (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1900) ) Authors: Straubenmuller, Gustave (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorStraubenmuller__Gustave) Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectNew_York__N_Y______Description_and_travel) New York (N.Y.) -- History (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectNew_York__N_Y______History) Publisher: Boston, New York (etc) Ginn & company (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherBoston__New_York__etc__Ginn___company) Contributing Library: The Library of Congress (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorThe_Library_of_Congress) Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorSloan_Foundation) Text Appearing Before Image: time a fort ? It was builtfor the defense of the city,and stood on an island; adrawbridg;e connected the island with Manhattan. Later the fortwas changed to a place of amusement, and named Castle Garden.For thirty-five years Castle Garden was used as an opera houseand concert hall. Large public meetings and receptions were alsoheld there. THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM BUILT IN 1626. WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS WAS ERECTED THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN IN 1787 THE FORT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILT UPON THIS SITE. THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER, 1890. Tablet on a Building torn down to makeRoom for the New Custom House 190 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YOKK CITY When places of amusement were built farther uptown CastleGarden was used as the New York state immigrant depot. It wasthe landing place for the immigrants until the United States tookcharge of immigration and established the new depot on Ellis island #Federals: The US Citizenship and Immigration service fees dry up, laying off thousands. @FRoseDC Layoffs at Citizenship and Immigration Services https://govmatters.tv/uscis-furloughs-13400-employees-in-light-of-budget-shortfall/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-than-13000-federal-workers-face-a-possible-furlough-of-30-days-or-longer/2020/06/23/d9bd5332-b596-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html