Tropical Storm Henri swept into New England, too far east to stir strong winds on Roosevelt Island. But the rain… We got drenched for about 48 straight hours, but in the end, a symbol of hope arched across the horizon.
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
On Sunday, I had an errand to run in Astoria and was happy that the ferries were running normally. Well, not quite normally.
Downpours kept most people home, leaving me with services from three hearty NYC Ferry employees, plus the pilot.
It was fairly dreary, but after the rains ended, promise signaled from across the East River.
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AVAC Is Working. The Model Is What’s Aging.
Roosevelt Island’s AVAC system is often discussed as if it were either a miracle or a menace. In truth, it is neither. It is functioning infrastructure that has reached a point in its lifecycle where how it is maintained matters as much as whether it exists at all.
