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RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Only in New York: Is it art or humor on E 86th Street in Manhattan, flowers and traffic cones?

Only in New York, on 86th Street in Manhattan, was it art or some playful good humor? Here’s the scene on East 86th Street in Manhattan. Is it art, someone’s playful creation, some of both or something more? You be...

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Only in New York, on 86th Street in Manhattan, was it art or some playful good humor? Here’s the scene on East 86th Street in Manhattan.

Is it art, someone’s playful creation, some of both or something more? You be the judge.

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The Women Who Held the Ground

The Women Who Held the Ground

Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.

The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).

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