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    Elevator Project to Resume Within the Month
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    Elevator Project to Resume Within the Month

    Islanders taking the Tram in recent weeks land on the south side in Manhattan with a birds eye view of a big hole in the ground where our...
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    New Library Officially Breaks Ground
    Briana Warsing
    • Oct 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    New Library Officially Breaks Ground

    In her remarks, Lorraine Lasker, Island resident and former RICLA board member discussed the vision for the original Roosevelt Library,...
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    Roosevelt Island Featured in Exhibit on
Museum Mile
    Dottie Jeffries
    • Oct 4, 2018
    • 5 min

    Roosevelt Island Featured in Exhibit on Museum Mile

    Roosevelt Island's distinguished history in medicine, healthcare, and treatment of communicative diseases, is on display as part of the...
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    Island Trailblazer Honored by Serrano
    Linda Heimer
    • Jul 2, 2018
    • 4 min

    Island Trailblazer Honored by Serrano

    It was a special occasion for a special woman. Island resident, Mary Eileen Fitzgerald, age 95, clad in a salmon-colored suit, was...
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    Our History, Lost
    Briana Warsing
    • Jan 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Our History, Lost

    For years, a small corner in the back of our local library branch has held a little-known treasury of our Island’s history: a...
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    Library Gains a Collection, but Loses a Treasure
    Briana Warsing
    • Jan 6, 2018
    • 4 min

    Library Gains a Collection, but Loses a Treasure

    On December 16, standing in front of a bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of the Roosevelt Island Community Literary...
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    Island Teens Launch Time Capsule Project
    Kelly Turner
    • Dec 16, 2017
    • 3 min

    Island Teens Launch Time Capsule Project

    Last summer, it struck 16-year-old Mark Shinozaki just how quickly the Island around him was changing. For example, the high school...
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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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    Free Transfers Will Make or Break Ferry for Commuters
    briana644
    • Aug 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    Free Transfers Will Make or Break Ferry for Commuters

    The ferry will never attract commuters so long as they have to pay twice to get to their destinations. The Tram proved that. Matthew Katz of
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    Visitors Center Celebrates 10 Years
    Kelly Turner
    • Jul 31, 2017
    • 4 min

    Visitors Center Celebrates 10 Years

    It’s a scene that plays out over and over again: A Tram lands on the Island and, slowly, small groups of riders separate from the flow of...
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    For Alec Dana, the Island is More Than Just Home, It’s His Birthplace
    Dottie Jeffries
    • May 28, 2017
    • 2 min

    For Alec Dana, the Island is More Than Just Home, It’s His Birthplace

    Island residents come from near and far, but few can claim to have come from quite so near as Islander Alec Dana. The 85-year-old...
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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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