A truck-load of blind men ready to depart for a picnic from the Bourne Memorial Building for Men Workers of the New York Association for the Blind (1917). Image credit: Byron Company (New York, N.Y.). Museum of the City of New York. 93.1.1.7175

New Display Showcases History of Serving New Yorkers

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Alphapointe recently unveiled a striking new display in its Richmond Hill, N.Y., facility highlighting portions of the history of serving New Yorkers with vision impairment. The story of programs to employ people who are blind in New York City began with an organization called the New York Association for the Blind (later called The Lighthouse),…