The Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association’s Black History Month Exhibit, Quilts, is now open, and president Tad Sudol supplies colorful samples of creations from the show.
Visit RIVAA, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island during these hours:
Wednesdays 6 – 9 pm
Thursdays 1 – 5 pm
Fridays 6 – 9 pm
Saturdays and Sundays 11 – 5 pm
Stack Work Advances While Answers Do Not
HPD told the CAG there was no projected start date and that five business days’ notice would be given. Work on the eastern smokestack began six days later.
On June 17 and 18, HPD told the first meeting of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant Demolition Community Advisory Group that smokestack demolition had no projected start date. Residents and the CAG would receive at least five business days’ advance notice once a date was set. Scaffolding around the stacks could not proceed until soil removal and backfill were complete and the area stabilized.
