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    “The Island Nobody Knows”- Revisiting Roosevelt Island's Master Plan 50 Years Later
    Phoebe Flynn
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 8 min

    “The Island Nobody Knows”- Revisiting Roosevelt Island's Master Plan 50 Years Later

    In 1968, Mayor John Lindsay tasked a 22-member committee with developing ideas for the underutilized, though ideally situated, Welfare...
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    Roosevelt Island and Public Transportation, It's Complicated
    Briana Warsing
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 7 min

    Roosevelt Island and Public Transportation, It's Complicated

    *this is reprinted from http://mswire.nyc/issuepdfs/3504.pdf, Subway Service Here Reaches the Quarter-Century Mark on Wednesday The New...
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    The Best of Intentions: Damnation Island
    Briana Warsing
    • Dec 11, 2018
    • 5 min

    The Best of Intentions: Damnation Island

    It was standing room only at the Roosevelt Island branch of the New York Public Library Thursday night, as Islanders braved below...
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    The History Behind the Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    The History Behind the Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival

    A record-breaking 10,000 people strolled the Island’s blooming promenade last Saturday for the seventh annual Cherry Blossom Festival,...
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    Remembering the Revolution
    Jennifer Dunning
    • Mar 29, 2018
    • 4 min

    Remembering the Revolution

    For Islanders who fought on the frontlines of the Women’s Movement, lessons still resonate. The first skirmishes for women’s rights were...
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    RIRA's Grassroots Beginnings
    Nellie Negrin Finnegan
    • Nov 12, 2017
    • 4 min

    RIRA's Grassroots Beginnings

    [Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of an article published in 2007, at the time of RIRA’s 30th anniversary, with some minor...
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    Goldwater Memorial’s Legacy of Innovation
    Melanie C. Colter
    • Oct 13, 2017
    • 3 min

    Goldwater Memorial’s Legacy of Innovation

    Long before Cornell Tech’s campus stood at the southern end of Roosevelt Island, serving as a beacon for innovation and emerging...
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    The Island's Surprising Role in Medical History
    Dana Agmon
    • Apr 9, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Island's Surprising Role in Medical History

    Today, the role of antiseptics and good hygiene in preventing the spread of disease and infection is considered a cornerstone of...
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    Once a Beacon for Sailors and Madmen, the Blackwell Light Now Illuminates the Past
    Sara Maher
    • Feb 19, 2017
    • 4 min

    Once a Beacon for Sailors and Madmen, the Blackwell Light Now Illuminates the Past

    Between the asylum, penitentiary, multiple hospitals, sprawling apartment complexes, and the soon-to-be-completed Cornell Tech campus,...
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