History

AIDS WARD BACKGROUND

St. Vincent’s Remembered
Out Magazine’s retrospective of the AIDS Ward

The Shrine of St. Vincent’s
NY Magazine commentary on the closure of St. Vincent’s by David France

RIP St. Vincent’s Hospital
Village Voice remembrance of St. Vincent’s

EXISTING AIDS MEMORIALS

AIDS Memorial bench in Hudson River Park
The memorial is a 42-foot long, 2-foot tall granite bench with the inscription: “I can sail without wind, I can row without oars, but I cannot part from my friend without tears.”