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Blast From The Roosevelt Island Past, Sister Sledge Perform We Are Family At Southpoint Park – From 1979

October 3, 2015 7:52 pmApril 4, 2025 6:55 pm

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#tbt #1979 and #SisterSledge on a mostly deserted tip of Roosevelt Island across from the https://t.co/Li0ALKOwwp
Jon Buono (@jbuono) October 1, 2015

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    The Trust was set up as a front for RIOC and a way to keep residents out of the process.…

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  3. Priscilla Adams on RIOC Board Approves Hiring Of New General Counsel But There Was A Strong DissentMay 21, 2026 9:20 pm

    David Stone's comments represent the convergence of the far right and the far left. Both unable to trust government and…

  4. Rosemary M Kleinberg on NYC Urban Sketching Explores Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Trees In Watercolor & Ink PenMay 21, 2026 6:16 pm

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  5. Ross Wollen on Sitting On Roosevelt Island Like A Lighthouse Keeper Sharing Great Photos and Telling Interesting Stories About East River Boat TrafficMay 20, 2026 2:53 pm

    About an hour before the V6 “Civilian Air Craft Carrier” passed RI and my Rivercross Terrace , the Super Yacht…

  6. Janine Schaefer on RIOC Seeking Community Ideas For Future Use Of The Original Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins Currently Neglected And Stored Beneath Motorgate HelixMay 18, 2026 7:01 pm

    i would like to see one of cabins being used as a part of the Blackwell Playound. Our Playgrounds on…

  7. Rocco on RIOC Seeking Community Ideas For Future Use Of The Original Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins Currently Neglected And Stored Beneath Motorgate HelixMay 18, 2026 8:09 am

    Turn them into Cafes (run by local RI businesses ??) down near Southpoint Park and the FDR Four Freedoms entrance.

  8. Susmita Bagchi on RIOC Seeking Community Ideas For Future Use Of The Original Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins Currently Neglected And Stored Beneath Motorgate HelixMay 18, 2026 6:25 am

    Cocktail/mocktail bar and a juice bar will be great. We have loads of tourists coming to the island for leisure/…

  9. Rosemary M Kleinberg on RIOC Seeking Community Ideas For Future Use Of The Original Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins Currently Neglected And Stored Beneath Motorgate HelixMay 17, 2026 1:23 am

    I think donating one of the Trams to the Transit Museum is a very good idea.

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    Donate one to the transit museum and use the other to lure people towards local business that doesn't get the…

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    This Tram will be great Pop up Cocktail/mocktail Bar, serve cocktail/Mocktail. themed to Roosevelt Island, both end of the island.

  12. Sheldon Herbert on RIOC Seeking Community Ideas For Future Use Of The Original Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins Currently Neglected And Stored Beneath Motorgate HelixMay 16, 2026 8:17 pm

    Donate one to the transit museum but I have an idea for atleast two if not all of the trams…

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