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Here's a regularly updated group of stories of interest from the New York Metro area, frequently with links to other news sources. The Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech: One More World Class Game Changer for Roosevelt Island

05/31/2017 - 17:57 Updated 1 year ago

"The world changes this summer," may read like a pitch for the next Hollywood blockbuster, but it's not. This summer, on Roosevelt Island, the future spins firmly in a new and better direction.
 RI Historical Society's Insightful Dive Into The Way We Were

05/26/2017 - 14:44 Updated 1 year ago

"Modern engineering is about to undertake another of its gigantic tasks" is how a comprehensive article in the New York Times began. There was no equivocation or political maneuvering for credit. Less than ten years after the subway system opened, we were going to turn the vast marshes in Jamaica Bay into "a great world harbor."
 New Ferry Service & Unintended Consequences

05/11/2017 - 15:54 Updated 1 year ago

As the unspecified August opening date for Roosevelt Island ferry service approaches, communities already being served are complaining, according to an article in the Williamsburg edition of online newspaper dnainfo.
 File Under "Lucky to Live Here": Friday When the Subway Went Down

04/24/2017 - 15:19
At 7:30 a.m., April 21st, a ConEd equipment failure at 53rd Street and 7th Avenue kicked off a cascading series of stoppages throughout the New York City Subway system. We were hit too, but we fared much better than most.
 FDR Four Freedoms Park Updates

04/21/2017 - 15:22

Planning a visit to FDR Four Freedoms Park? Expanded seasonal hours are now in effect, and there may be some restrictions, due to tree replacement, early next week.
 With Cornell Tech, the Future Reaches Into Roosevelt Island's Past

04/13/2017 - 18:56 Updated 1 year ago

Roosevelt Island's barrier free design and commitment to making a place for everyone, regardless of income, physical condition or ethnicity, made me proud to rent here when I first arrived. Sadly, values that promoted those things have eroded here. Cornell Tech is working to enable their recovery, on Roosevelt Island and beyond.
 Roosevelt Island Sends Dreamers Sailing Past Common Sense

04/13/2017 - 15:04

Something about Roosevelt Island inspires ideas that its predecessor, Welfare Island, never did. A new proposal for a transit hub jutting into the East River shows how rapturous the dreams can become.
 Stepping Up: How You Can Help Jim Luce Try to Heal the World

04/04/2017 - 17:42

"Seventeen years ago, shortly after the adoption of my son and with support of my child psychologist mother, we began Orphans International (oiww.org). Ten years later, inspired by my college professor father, we began our foundation to support young global leadership (lucefoundation.org).

"Next month, we are 'Stepping Up' and I invite you to join us Thursday, April 13 at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park, NYC."
 Carter Burden: What's In a Name?

04/03/2017 - 15:07

Carter Burden Center for the Aging extended its highly regarded programs to Roosevelt Island, last year. Roots run deep in the organization and growth now brings a fuller bloom.
 Big New Step for Citywide Ferry Service and Roosevelt Island

03/22/2017 - 17:32

Earlier today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that "the first of twenty new boats built for the soon-to-be-launched Citywide Ferry Service has departed Horizon Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama and is on its way to New York City."
