Friday, November 5, 2021 – ALMOST READY FOR THE UNVEILING THE LADIES ARE IN PLACE AT LIGHTHOUSE PARK

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021

THE  513th EDITION

“THE GIRL PUZZLE”

NEARS COMPLETION

NO WORD FROM RIOC

WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE GIRL PUZZLE IS NEARLY COMPLETE, WITH THE ART PIECES ERECTED, THE SITE CLEANED AND THE GRASS HAS BEEN SEEDED.  THOUGH STILL BEHIND A FENCE THE WORKS ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE.

YESTERDAY, THE LILY, FROM THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROJECT.
https://www.thelily.com/this-massive-monument-to-women-is-quietly-taking-shape-in-new-york-city/

ONE THING LACKING IS ANY WORD ON THE PROJECT FROM RIOC.  OUR FOUR MEMBER “COMMUNICATIONS TEAM” MEMBERS SEEM TO BE MISSING IN ACTION. 

LET’S HOPE THAT WE SOON SEE SOME WORD FROM OUR OWN STAFF.

WE KNOW THAT OUR FRIENDS AT PROMETHEUS, WHO DESIGNED, BUILT,  SUPERVISED HAVE  HAD NUMEROUS REQUESTS ABOUT THE GIRL PUZZLE. THE BEST PUBLICITY IS THE CURIOUS PUBLIC ASKING ABOUT THE PROJECT.

ONE OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE RIOC STAFF IS PROJECT MANAGER PRINCE SHAH WHO HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SEE THIS PROJECT THRU. HE IS TIRELESSLY MULTI-TASKING WHILE OTHERS ARE OUT OF SIGHT.

JUDITH BERDY

NEXT TO EACH HEAD IS A MINIATURE MODEL AND A DESCRIPTION IN BRAILLE WITH A QR CODE TO HEAR THE HISTORY.

THE ORBS REFLECT THE WOMEN AND THEIR IMAGES REFLECT

GRASS IS GROWING ON THE NEWLY LANDSCAPED SITE

FRIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

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ROOSEVELTISLANDHISTORY@GMAIL.COM
OR JBIRD134@AOL.COM IF YOU GET A BOUNCEBACK

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

THE RIHS VISITOR CENTER KIOSK, AN EXAMPLE OF
CAST IRON ARCHITECTURE
Andy Sparberg, Thom Heyer and Gloria Herman got it right

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 Deborah Dorff
All image are copyrighted (c)

THE LILY

WASHINGTON POST

FUNDING PROVIDED BY ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE GRANTS CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE BEN KALLOS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THRU DYCD

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