According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):

Today, May 8, Cornell Tech will be surveying the perimeter of the island to the east and west of the Cornell construction site. Expect to see a small boat near the seawall and surveyors on the southern end of the island.

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group

The Bowery Boys show us what the future Roosevelt Island home of Cornell NYC Tech looked like

Image From The Bowery Boy s when it was named Blackwells Island and Goldwater Hospital was a brand new hospital. Here’s a current aerial view of the area

Image From Google Maps and a rendering of the first phase

of the Cornell NYC Tech campus.