Staten Island is a little different from the rest of New York City, isn’t it? This is Mount Loretto, the remains of an old orphanage along the southern shore of the island. This area is the subject of an essay, “Ultima Thule,” in my forthcoming book about Staten Island.
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When I was a child, my parents threatened to send us to “La Lorretta, Bad Boy Home For Children” if we misbehaved — or at least that was how we referred to it. I grew up in constant fear of Mount Loretto.
Wiley Shelter was the Westchester version of Mount Loretto
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