Friday, April 10, 2020 – The good old days Roosevelt Island New Community
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
“NEW TOWN”
1975-1980
THE START OF OUR
COMMUNITY
The Beginnings of Our Community
Friday Edition
April 10, 2020
(C) RIHS
(C) RIHS
(C) RIHS
(C) RIHS
(C) RIHS
FOR EASTWOOD
(NOW ROOSEVELT LANDINGS)
(C) RIHS
(C) RIHS
A SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
REMEMBER MARTHA HAYES?
WHERE WAS THE LIBRARY?
WHO STARTED THE LIBRARY?
SUSAN CINA COOKING CLASSES
SPINACH PIE, ECLAIRS, AND SO MUCH BUTTER
1986 FERRY TO WALL STREET
THE LITTLE FERRY THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT
EDITORIAL
Someone contacted me yesterday and wanted to know about the beginnings of the community. I pulled out one looseleaf binder and found this treasure trove. It is fun to look thru the papers and ads to promote living on the island. The community was slow to be fully occupied. It took three years to fill the 2000 apartments. People were skeptical of the tram and no subway. The subway arrived in 1989.
What are your memories of the early days here?
This weekend, we relive the day when we were invaded one year ago by thousands here to admire our cherry trees.
Thank you,
Judith Berdy
jbird134@aol.com
212-688-4836
917-744-3721
Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Dottie Jeffries
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