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A bronze fast of a female face atop a pedestal with a lighthouse in the background
New York, New York

Girl Puzzle Monument

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.
Visitors may catch a glimpse of themselves in the installation's mirrored spheres (shown here in an early rendering).
insane asylums

A New Monument Celebrates Nellie Bly's Undercover Reporting, Right Where It Happened

The Roosevelt Island artwork pays homage to her reporting, especially her inside look at a city asylum.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 23, 2022
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Islands of The Undesirables: Roosevelt Island

Bess Lovejoy June 1, 2015
New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.