David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
MTA Holiday Nostalgia Trains
MTA Holiday Nostalgia Trains continue service on Saturday, December 4th. More are scheduled for the 11th and 18th. The flashback is a treat from the New York Transit Museum. It recalls a whole different era in the city and for…
A Beautiful View, Winter 5:00 A.M., East River NYC
About East River NYC Winter, 5:00 A.M., from Roosevelt Island One winter morning, I looked out my window, and there it was. Surreal, rich in color, like a painting. But it was real, and I got it. Saturated color intensifies…
Dreaming: Edward Logue’s Roosevelt Island, Then and Now
Edward Logue’s Roosevelt Island doesn’t match exactly with what we see today, but it’s in the ballpark.. But who was Ed Logue? You’ve probably heard of Louis Kahn, designer of Four Freedoms Park. And maybe Philip Johnson whose masterplan steers…
How Will RIOC’s Awful Plan Destroy Southpoint Park?
RIOC’s plan for Southpoint Park took its major first step in 2020, after a presentation made to its board in October, 2019. Designers suggested Southpoint as becoming like Brooklyn Bridge Park, a heavy tourist draw down the river. The work…
MST&DA’s Musical Holiday 2019
MST&DA’s Musical Holiday 2019 comes into focus. “Looks like our Christmas Carol cast will be in costume caroling by the subway,” Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance executive director Kristi Towey tells The Daily. Then, they gather at Rivercross, kicking…
Ironic: “Time” RIVAA Members Exhibit Before A COVID Spring
Time, a RIVAA Members Exhibit, opened Saturday at the 527 Main Street Gallery. Art from students at The Child School added nicely to the members’ work. Take a look on us, but see the show, up until January, in person,…
Bicycle Riders At Risk
Bicycle riders at risk is a weekly theme in New York City where deaths increased dramatically in the past year. Debates follow. Who’s at fault, reckless drivers or careless riders? But people are dying, and here on Roosevelt Island, enforcement…
Water Tunnel #3, the largest capital construction project in NYC history
Reporting by David Stone Special to The Roosevelt Island Daily News Roosevelt Island’s critical role in supplying New York City is not well-known, but Water Tunnel #3 is key to the futures of Brooklyn and Queens. It’s the largest capital…
Big Day, 2019: Stop ‘N’ Swap, Roosevelt Island Recycled
Roosevelt Island Stop ‘N’ Swap, Saturday, November 8th, was a hit. Sponsor GrowNYC packed the Manhattan Park Theatre Club with eager recyclers.
Back in Time, Celebrating the Roosevelt Island Subway’s 30th Birthday
Roosevelt Island Subway’s 30th birthday passed in 2019. You probably missed it, but our reader Sylvan Klein didn’t. While I served on a grand jury, Sylvan caught the Transit Museum‘s reminder on Twitter and sent me the link. By David…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor