Recent features from The Main Street WIRE and Website NYC10044
 
Adopt an Organ Pipe, Anybody?
 
Islanders:
Rose McCarthy and Her Hair
Artist Marika Bordes
Ali – Trellis Veteran
Ms. Roosevelt Island History
Alci da Silva:  On a Mission
Island's Eldest:  Abe Shulman
Artist-Activist Arline Jacoby
Woman in Charge:  Doryne Isley
Joan Matula at 90:  Keeping Up the Pace
Bob McDowell, MST Musical Mainstay
Author Gwynne Forster
Jazzman Tex Allen
Seniors President Dolores Green
Ironman Competitor Roger Galindo
Island's Medical Corps
Challenge of Stay-at-Home Dad
Early Memories:  Eleanor Schetlin
Karate Teacher Jesse Acevedo
Poet Kitty Madeson
Triplets!
Hostage Rescuer Gianni Picco
Korean Leader Oak Soon Hong
 Ron Roth Stars in Fiddler
 


Alms House Buildings, Blackwell Island, 1853 (See TimeLine)
Click for more historical pictures and postcards
 
Island's History of Prison Scandals
Island Featured in Fairstein Novel
Photos: The Faces of Roosevelt Island
The Kids of Roosevelt Island Day 2001
 A Fledgling Robin Hesitates


July 4: The Ray Abrams Big Band
 


Roosevelt Island Day / 2000
 

 

Residents  vs  RIOC Board on MiniCondos 
 


These PS/IS 217 kids read their essays in Arbor Day ceremonie
 


Eleanor Schetlin's Memories of Welfare Island from the '20s to the '40s
 


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