Yesterday, we shared our story of Roosevelt Island’s Reality Poets, and today, we show you how they impacted Fall for Arts 2021. The designated theme was “The Future Through Your Eyes…”
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
By day’s end, the messages reached out across the Rivercross Lawn.
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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.
