RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Roosevelt Island Photographer Mircea Nicolescu Opens Exhibit in Bucharest

Mircea Nicolescu who has shown his work locally at Gallery RIVAA opens Onlooking New York, a collection of his street photography on Saturday, May 20th. Catch the event on Facebook Live. That’s 10:00 a.m., New York time. Roosevelt Island is...

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Mircea Nicolescu who has shown his work locally at Gallery RIVAA opens Onlooking New York, a collection of his street photography on Saturday, May 20th.

Catch the event on Facebook Live. That’s 10:00 a.m., New York time.

What the Promenade Remembers

What the Promenade Remembers

A morning walk, a small act, and the quiet difference between what we notice and what we leave behind.

The light on the East River in the early morning is different from the light anywhere else on the Island. It comes in low and sideways, catching the water in long, uneven flashes. On certain days it makes the promenade feel less like a walkway and more like a corridor someone once meant to finish but never quite did. When I was younger I found the suggestion to stop and look at it faintly ridiculous.

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