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A Resiliency Award for RIOC for Southpoint

Mar 24, 2022 davidstone1313

A Resiliency Award from the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts will recognize RIOC’s Southpoint Revitalization Project. It will be part of an awards ceremony on April 6th. The Roosevelt Island Daily News The…

Feb 12, 2022 A late winter walk south on Roosevelt Island Late winter is a mixed bag on Roosevelt Island. Great, beautiful things stand out, but there is no escaping a drop off…

Jan 21, 2022 Roosevelt Island’s Transformation: From Luxury Plans to Serenity The old marketing slogan "Nobody beats the Wiz" may have once been linked to Roosevelt Island, but now it's just a memory.…

Dec 8, 2021 Gov. Hochul takes time to throw shade at Roosevelt Islanders Why did Governor Kathy Hochul throw shade at Roosevelt Islanders? She jumped in bed with RIOC in falsehood embracing praise for the…

Dec 7, 2021 Dumb & Dumber, Part Two, Southpoint Rock Farm Edition Today sets a record as the Southpoint Rock Farm, toured by our friend, The Space Cadet, finds a whole new outburst of…

Nov 29, 2021 Fulfilling a community’s worst fears, the Southpoint “renovation” is now complete Is the now finished Southpoint “renovation” an example of tasteless bureaucrats run amuck or something worse? Redeeming virtues are few, and a…

Nov 15, 2021 A Roosevelt Island Lost and… Wasted While complaints over Roosevelt Island lost and found wasted grow, few sources of sorrow exceed the devastation in Southpoint Park. A then…

Nov 13, 2021 Not all Roosevelt Island Views are beautiful. Some are just ugly. When it comes to Roosevelt Island views, all are not created equal. Many are beautiful, but some are irretrievably ugly. Here’s a…

Nov 10, 2021 On The South End, A Walk Through Autumn Take a walk through autumn on Roosevelt Island’s south end. Visual thrills are everywhere. Here are some personal favorites from a sunny…

Oct 21, 2021 Canadian Geese Graze Through a Gentle Autumn in Southpoint Park As a slow and gentle autumn eases across New York, a small crew of Canadian Geese share the sunset in Roosevelt Island‘s…

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