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Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

The Uncaptain of a Nonship

You are un-directing the passage, right? You are non-navigating the ship I feel, in long hysterical driftsRoosevelt Island is small. Its stories aren’t. Step inside The Lighthouse for the people, telling moments and unexpected turns that don’t fit in the...

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You are un-directing the passage, right?

You are non-navigating the ship

I feel, in long hysterical drifts

     that I am on the formless threshold

          of an enormous room without walls

               and that you are slamming doors

 

David Stone is a New York City based writer whose book 21 Poems was published this year.

The Well-Funded Vision and the Silent Landlord

The Well-Funded Vision and the Silent Landlord

A capable nonprofit has done the work. The public corporation that controls the land has offered no position.

RIOC’s Real Estate Development Advisory Committee met last night. The Renwick Ruin was not on the agenda. A nonprofit that has spent eight years developing detailed plans for the site, raised more than a million dollars, and assembled a board with serious finance and legal credentials continues its work.

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