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What We Lost: Roosevelt Island, 2019, Fall For Arts

Scenes: Fall For Arts 2019… Perfect weather welcomed muralists, kite lovers and more to Roosevelt Island for Fall For Arts 2019. The whole thing’s organized and sponsored by RIOC, and friends came along for the Island of Art event. By...

A Life in Art New York City Roosevelt Island News Wonderful World

Scenes: Fall For Arts 2019… Perfect weather welcomed muralists, kite lovers and more to Roosevelt Island for Fall For Arts 2019. The whole thing’s organized and sponsored by RIOC, and friends came along for the Island of Art event.

By David Stone

Roosevelt Island News

Looking back, the contrasts sharpen against the background of COVID-19, civil unrest and, locally, a poorly led community out of focus.

Tumult in the last twelve months may have fooled us into believing we changed, but all the potential then remains here now. Let’s have a look.

Scene from Fall For Arts 2019: FDR Four Freedoms Park invited families to design, make and fly kites. A perfectly gentle breeze cooperated.
RIOC President/CEO Susan Rosenthal greeted Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at the event in Four Freedoms Park. Rosenthal became a 2020 loss.

Rosenthal is an art lover whose encouragement helped fire the defining Island of Art concept.
Fall For Arts highlight: Pioneering artist, teacher and organizer, 95 year old Arline Jacoby brought her brushstrokes to the Rivercross lawn. She had not lost her touch.

Scenes: Fall For Arts 2019, Murals, Kites and More…

RIOC’s Erica Spencer-EL showed she’s more than an organizer. Her mural is a direct expression of the festival’s theme.
Painter/Photographer Esther Piaskowski coaches a team of Girl Scouts as they create a fresh mural.
In FDR Four Freedoms Park, Kite Flight for Peace and Human Rights was a family affair with personal styles.
Watch ’em fly! Take a virtual walk through Kite Flight for Peace and Human Rights.

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The Well-Funded Vision and the Silent Landlord
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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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