East River Park, known also as John V. Lindsay East River Park, builds past Roosevelt Island and the Queensboro Bridge. Riders on the Tram get a skyview.
Photo: David Stone/Roosevelt Island Daily News
I Take the Tram Because I Have To
What does it feel like to rely on something that no longer feels built for you?
There are people on this Island you learn to recognize long before you ever learn their names. Like the real estate man with the blue goatee, the one whose name I keep forgetting, though I could pick him out of a lineup any time of day.
