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During the scheduled Tramway maintenance that ended Monday, workers received the system's 900-horsepower motor after refurbishment work at General Electric, then winched it into the building through a back door at the Tram station, and into place to pull the haul cables.
The Main Street WIRE
Roosevelt Island’s Community Newspaper


Saturday, August 28, 2004
 Volume 24, Issue 22

RI Bridge Getting Stuck

Parking Survey Shows Few Pay, Many Park Free

In Buildings on Privatization Track

After 1,211 Books, Party!

The RIRA Column
The RIOC Column
Letters
Public Safety Blotter

Briefly...

The RIOC Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Monday at 4:00 to give final approval to the Octagon Apartments plan. A multi-employer pension trust is to become the owner and developer of record for the Becker and Becker design. The Board's August 16 meeting, which was expected to vote the approval, was canceled without explanation.

Temporary tennis courts are to be built in Southtown while an underground parking structure for the Octagon Apartments tenants is built at the site of the present courts. When the garage is finished, the courts are to be rebuilt above it.

Going to be in the City next week? There's a useful Guide to the City available on-line at http://www.nyccouncil.info/rnc/.

Plans for Southpoint Park will be presented in daytime and evening meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 14. Three concepts are outlined here, and will be the subject of coverage in the September 11 issue of The WIRE.

The Residents Association Constitution was the subject of a special Common Council meeting August 11. Work continues on its revision

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