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    Lessons Learned from Cherry Blossom Festival Made FIGMENT a Success
    Lydia Tang
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Lessons Learned from Cherry Blossom Festival Made FIGMENT a Success

    Our community has just experienced the best outcome of representative government. After the highly successful programming of the Cherry...
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    Figment Wins Hearts of a Skeptical Community
    Rachel Dowling
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 7 min

    Figment Wins Hearts of a Skeptical Community

    A shimmering, larger-than-life unicorn, propelled by a human-powered go-cart escorting a mounted human at a soaring height, with its...
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    RIOC Shares FIGMENT Strategy; Residents Aren't Impressed
    Briana Warsing
    • May 24, 2019
    • 6 min

    RIOC Shares FIGMENT Strategy; Residents Aren't Impressed

    A Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Town Meeting was held yesterday to discuss safety and preparations for Figment NYC, the...
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    FIGMENT Will Be "Test Case" for RIOC
    Briana Warsing
    • May 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    FIGMENT Will Be "Test Case" for RIOC

    After this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival brought tens of thousands of visitors to the Island – some estimates have the number at as much...
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    This Year's Cherry Blossom Festival Was a Success and a Learning Experience
    briana644
    • Apr 21, 2019
    • 3 min

    This Year's Cherry Blossom Festival Was a Success and a Learning Experience

    The Cherry Blossom Festival on April 13, 2019 was a most memorable day for the following reasons: The fantastic performances: everything...
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    RI No Longer Best Kept Secret Says RIOC Prez
    briana644
    • Apr 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    RI No Longer Best Kept Secret Says RIOC Prez

    On Saturday, April 13th, the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) presented their annual Cherry Blossom Festival, partnering...
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    No More Unticketed Events on Roosevelt Island; Residents Come First
    Joseph Williams
    • Apr 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    No More Unticketed Events on Roosevelt Island; Residents Come First

    Editor's Note: This letter has been updated with a response from RIRA's Cherry Blossom Festival Committee following Williams' letter I...
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    The Island is Ours; No More Cherry Blossom Festival
    Catherine Goodridge
    • Apr 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Island is Ours; No More Cherry Blossom Festival

    Of the all ill-judged, silly, and dangerous things: 30,000 people on our small Island, without any thought to appropriate restrooms,...
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    Snapshots: 2019 RI Cherry Blossom Festival
    photos by Alexandre Tolipan
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Snapshots: 2019 RI Cherry Blossom Festival

    On Saturday April 13, the eighth annual Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival was held. Like previous years, there was a morning tea...
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    Cherry Blossom Festival Attracts Tens of Thousands, Too Many Say Islanders
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 6 min

    Cherry Blossom Festival Attracts Tens of Thousands, Too Many Say Islanders

    Around 10,000 visitors were expected on the Island for Saturday’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Instead, somewhere between 25,000 and...
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    Save the Date for RIRA's Signature Event, the Cherry Blossom Festival
    Lydia Tang, photos by Irina Island Images
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Save the Date for RIRA's Signature Event, the Cherry Blossom Festival

    The Cherry Blossom Festival, organized by The Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA), will be held on Saturday, April 13. SAVE THE...
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    Four Freedoms Welcomes One Millionth Visitor
    Howard Axel
    • Oct 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    Four Freedoms Welcomes One Millionth Visitor

    As many of you may know, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy is the nonprofit responsible for operatingand programming Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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