915 TIME CAPSULE DISCOVERED ON CASE’S WEST QUAD, FORMER HOSPITAL SITE
WHILE DEMOLITION WAS UNDERWAY ON CASE’S WEST
QUAD ON THE FORMER MT. SINAI CAMPUS ON 105TH
STREET, the crew discovered a time capsule, planted there on June
6, 1915, by the founders of Mt. Sinai.The university’s director of
architectural services had alerted the demolition crew to be on the
lookout for a time capsule, as many times cornerstones have a cavity
for one. Once they uncovered it, they immediately turned the dented
but secured copper box over to the University