A new Subway Map slowly being introduced by the MTA has Manhattan blowing up like a hippo in a birdcage while Roosevelt Island shrinks to near oblivion. First reported in Gizmodo…
The Roosevelt Island Daily News

See also:
- Today in History, The Roosevelt Island Subway Station opened
- The Sad End of the Original Roosevelt Island Tram
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A Different Kind of Bet
For years, Roosevelt Island did not behave like a system constrained by limits. Internally, the budget was often treated less as a boundary and more as a reservoir to be used.










