The Roosevelt Island Daily News
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY AT FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK on Roosevelt Island.
CITY OF WATER DAY – FREE SATURDAY – Water is powerful and vital.
July 15 City of Water Day 11am to 4pm (rain date 7/16) iDig2Learn partners with FDR Four Freedom State Park + NYPL + NYC H2O to celebrate the Nature of Water. Learn about oyster-filled coastlines, whales and dolphins in NYC waters, play the Aqueduct Challenge to grasp how water flows from mountain to city. Learn about NYC reservoirs. And don’t miss the ten minute 2PM Water is Life performance with Chris Bisram. This is a NY/NJ Regional day and this year’s theme is resilience.
What the Promenade Remembers
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.
