“You can’t stop spring on Roosevelt Island. Pandemics, stupid politics, sorrow — none block the awakening. Pictures prove our point.” That’s what we wrote, last year, and it’s a clue for 2021. So, what’s ahead?
“Out from months of wretched news, we pull the best from the mess and celebrate spring on Roosevelt Island.
“And in 2020, the oddest season most of us will ever see. Who know we’d end up adding summer, autumn and winter?”
For a look back, continue reading here.
Three Newspapers and a Broken Water Fountain
One paper stopped arriving. Another outgrew the list that started it, then learned how to say goodbye.
In 2018, Roosevelt Island had three local newspapers and no working drinking fountains. Seven years later, one paper had disappeared, one founder was leaving the country and the word “your” was about to receive a much clearer ending.
