In 2006 the original walkway of the Triborough Bridge Queens leg, alighting in Randall's Island, was demolished and a shorter, wider and less steep one built to connect to Wards Island.

A 2006 plan for a water park -- the first in the nation for a large city — on the northwest corner of Randall's Island was controversial.

Led Zeppelin's " Communication Breakdown ", first released in January 1969, could also be said to be an early template for speed metal as mentioned in Mac Randall's.

The Art Deco style department store, Randall's, is owned by the family of the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, John Randall.

In 1990, he appeared in a series of advertisements for Randall's beer, that were originally only shown in Jersey.

Motorists were first able to pay with E-ZPass in lanes for automatic coin machines at the Randall's Island toll plazas on August 21, 1996.

In 2001, the New York Power Authority offered to construct a pedestrian bridge linking the Bronx with Randall's Island — part of the agency's remuneration to the community for building two new power plants in the South Bronx.

Judge Dalby Shirley's scorecard reflected this as his scorecard read 76-75 for Chavez ; since judge Ray Solis had Chavez winning by a 77-74 margin on his card and judge Tamotsu Tomihara had the fight 76-75 in Randall's favor, a technical split draw would have been the result had Randall not lost that point.

After Rothman's father Abe — a chauffeur who sometimes drove for The Mike Douglas Show — was able to pass a spec script of theirs to Tony Randall, the two got a try-out writing gig on Randall's hit TV show The Odd Couple.

The Lion rampant represents the same on the wall of the Randall's Hotel ( variously known as " Alf's " and the " Pig and Whistle "), popular and most proximate watering hole for generations of students.

Derek Randall's century in England's second innings took them to 358, and Australia reached 73 at the close of play on the final day for the loss of two wickets, both of which were taken by Willis, leaving the match drawn.

He directed A Little Family Business on Broadway in 1982, which starred Angela Lansbury and John McMartin, and Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in The Flowering Peach for Tony Randall's National Theatre, on Broadway.

The city would connect it to Randall's Island just to the north by filling Little Hell Gate and it would be cleared for playing fields and promenades.

In the 19th century, Randall's Island became home to an orphanage, poor house, burial ground for the poor, idiot asylum, homeopathic hospital and rest home for Civil War veterans.

Over the years, Sheppard also served as announcer for multiple other teams and venues, among them Adelphi College ( predecessor of Adelphi University ); the AFL New York Titans ( later the Jets ) and the International Soccer League, both at the Polo Grounds ; the WFL New York Stars at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island ; the All-America Football Conference's New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium ; the NASL New York Cosmos at Yankee Stadium, Downing Stadium, and Giants Stadium ; Army Black Knights football games at Michie Stadium and Giants Stadium ; and multiple Army-Navy games at the Polo Grounds, Giants Stadium, and Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Randall's first coaching job was an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Cleveland State University, during the 2002-03 season.

" The studio publicity department arrived at the barber too late to photograph the process, so they had a make-up artist glue hair back on Randall's head and the barber once again removed it, this time for the cameras.

One of Randall's designs which became a popular fighting knife for troops in Vietnam was the Number 14 " Attack " Model.

The one on the southbound side includes Adam Clayton Powell, Joe Louis, the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Charlie Parker, Clara Ward, and Louis Armstrong while one on the northbound side includes the Harlem Globetrotters, the NAACP, Abyssian Baptist Church, Cotton Club, and Randall's Island football team.

Eventually, with the aid of an unscrupulous African-American lawyer, Wilson, Berry is able to obtain solid evidence showing Karen Randall's uncle ( who had already performed three previous abortions for her ) to be the culprit.

Wayne's good friend Joe Carpenter, a guitar player that had played with Cochran, Randall Hoyal known locally for his song writing ability and Bobby McGlon a good friend of Randall's all got together and over time came up with the lyrics and the music to " Last Kiss ".

Randall's first recognizable role was in the supporting cast for the 1949 film noir classic Criss Cross which starred Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.

Randall's lack of communication about this reassignment significantly contributed to the well documented friction that developed between Wilkins and Franklin.

Randall's, the department store, was built in the Art Deco style

The design was changed to smooth concrete to soothe concerns that asylum inmates on Wards and Randall's islands would climb the piers to escape.

The rest of the band's material was released on Chris Randall's Positron!

The 2007 Concert took place at Randall's Island in New York City ( the first Farm Aid in New York ) and was recorded in High Definition to be broadcast on HDNet as a 2 Hour Special highlighting many of the performances from the Allman Brothers and Counting Crows to John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson.

However, much of the Bronx Kill was later filled in to expand the parkland on Randall's Island.

The production was an effort to raise money to support Randall's National Actors Theatre.

Part of the problem was that they were playing nowhere near Brooklyn: their home games were at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island.

Randall's book Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions was included in the New York Times ' 100 notable books of 2005.

He was president of the New York Pathological and Obstetrical Societies, and twice of the Medical Society of the County of New York, visiting physician to the German Hospital beginning 1857, to Mount Sinai Hospital beginning 1860, to the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and the infant hospital on Randall's Island beginning 1868, and to Bellevue Hospital beginning 1874.

The press stated that Chavez was not one hundred per cent of his capacities, claiming a supposed drug use and alcoholism by the Mexican legend, Randall's victory was discredited on numerous occasions.

The loss to Carr was the end of Randall's time as a contender, but he's continued to fight with mixed results over the years since.

In 1934, when the Triborough was built, the span between Randall's Island and Manhattan was the largest vertical-lift bridge in the world.

It was Jennie Cary who put the words of James Ryder Randall's poem " Maryland, My Maryland " to the German folk song " Lauriger Hortius ", thereby creating what would become the state song of Maryland.

Randall's next publication was Cities Burning ( 1968 ), a group of thirteen poems, in response to a riot in Detroit.

The opening of the sailor's home was delayed by extended contests of the will by Randall's disappointed heirs.

The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, " The Retford imp was, and still is, one of the most fondly admired figures in the game ... the rolling gait and big sad eyes make him Chaplinesque – and like all clowns, there is pathos behind the public image ... At times, genius sat on Randall's shoulders – the only trouble was it would not stop fidgeting ".

Tracks from the EP and subsequent third album received airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage Program on Sirius Satellite Radio ; the band was featured at Little Steven's Underground Garage Festival on Randall's Island, New York along with other ' garage rock ' luminaries and legends The Stooges, The Strokes, The New York Dolls, The Zombies and others.

Randall's Island Sports Foundation ( RISF ) was founded in 1992 as a public-private partnership to work on behalf of Randall's Island Park.