David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Jim Luce Touches the World from Roosevelt Island
Jim Luce touches the world, but you may have missed it. He’s unassuming, even at home on Roosevelt Island. Meeting him, you might never guess that he’s twice been awarded the Certificate of Congressional Recognition for his work or that…
Bad Moving Day on Roosevelt Island In Real Time Pictures
It was a bad moving day on Roosevelt Island. It must have looked better as an idea than it became as a fact. By David Stone Roosevelt Island News How did this happen? How did they get here with that?…
The Tram To Roosevelt Island Now Updated
FDR Four Freedoms Park opened in 2011. Cornell Tech followed five years later. As a result, interest in Roosevelt Island soared. Soon, the Tram, New York City’s cheapest big thrill, caught the attention too. Courtesy of The Roosevelt Island Daily…
Biggest Gay Pride Flag Ever
In May, FDR Four Freedoms Park officials announced #Ascent With Pride, a June 15th celebration during Gay Pride Month in New York City. June 14th, the largest Gay Pride Flag in city history was in place, ready to welcome visitors….
Roy Eaton: A black man’s journey to the top of the advertising industry
A story worth telling: Roy Eaton, the Jackie Robinson of Advertising… “If you were white, I’d hire you immediately,” Roy Eaton was told during his first interview for an advertising job with Young & Rubicam. Years later, the Advertising Hall…
Jackie Robinson of Advertising at 89
“I just turned 89,” Jackie Robinson of Advertising, Roy Eaton told me. I ran into him this morning on Roosevelt Island in New York City, the community we both call home. Then, he told me about his upcoming gigs at…
FIGMENT NYC 2019 scenes
FIGMENT NYC 2019 scenes from the first day in Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island…
FIGMENT NYC 2019 Today
FIGMENT NYC 2019 kicked off today In New York on Roosevelt Island. June 1st, 2019, Roosevelt Island welcomed its first FIGMENT NYC participatory art project in Lighthouse Park. The crowd for this fun family event was perfectly light, and it…
On the Roosevelt Island Tram’s Quiet 43rd Birthday
The Roosevelt Island Tram’s 43rd Birthday caught historian Judith Berdy’s attention. “Happy 43rd Birthday,” she wrote in a May email. The Tram evolved from an essential resource. It’s now also an adventure drawing more tourists than locals who count on…
Explore the Mysterious New York Ghost Tunnel
New York’s Ghost Tunnel, conceived in 1963, in a very different New York, wasn’t supposed to be a secret. In February that year, the Transit Authority proposed a two track subway tunnel under 76th Street. They planned for it going…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor