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Westview’s Commercial Strip Gets a Facelift

With the RIOC/Hudson-Related duo out, Westview’s management started a street level facelift for the long neglected corridor. Hopes are high that RIOC will follow through with promised repairs to curbs and the street. The Roosevelt Island Daily News Featured Before...

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With the RIOC/Hudson-Related duo out, Westview’s management started a street level facelift for the long neglected corridor. Hopes are high that RIOC will follow through with promised repairs to curbs and the street.

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On naming, neglect, and the quiet work that keeps things standing
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On naming, neglect, and the quiet work that keeps things standing

On naming, neglect, and the quiet work that keeps things standing

About twenty years ago, there was Harbor Police activity near the water, just south of the subway entrance. At the time, no one really thought of it as a pier, though technically there was a small boardwalk there. Of course it wasn’t a pier. A pier implies intention.

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