As photos by historian Judith Berdy show, the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse restoration is nearly completed. The heavy equipment is gone, and the glass and top
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Lighthouse Park and Roosevelt Island’s North End, April 2022
Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City is one of the most unique and beautiful parks in the city. The park is home
Is the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse Project Stalled?
Over a year ago, alongside work on The Girl Puzzle, the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse restoration was underway, projected for a finish in 2021. But some
A Restored Piece of History: The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
Amanda Matthews’s The Girl Puzzle, honoring Nellie Bly’s life and influence, brought a crowd, but the nearly restored Roosevelt Island Lighthouse reflects an impressive commitment
A Headless Roosevelt Island Lighthouse… Is It Still a Lighthouse?
The now headless Roosevelt Island Lighthouse poses a dilemma. Once a lighthouse loses its head, is it still a lighthouse? The Roosevelt Island Daily News
Transitioning Roosevelt Island’s Lighthouse Park
Change is inevitable… but not always preferable. RIOC‘s already made an expensive, habitat-destroying mess of Southpoint. Now, on the other end of the Island, Lighthouse
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse on a Sunny Winter Sunday Afternoon
Thought to have been built in 1872, the origin is so iffy no one is sure who did it. But it became the Roosevelt Island
