Tuesday, May 17, 2022 – We think back to when the only way to get here was the tram
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
676th Issue
HAPPY 46TH BIRTHDAY
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
AERIAL TRAMWAY
SOME TIDBITS OF TRAM HISTORY. SEND US YOUR STORIES
1980 COMIC BOOK FEATURING THE TRAM
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BALLFIELDS FROM THE MONDAY ISSUE:
POLO GROUNDS
SHIBE FIELD, PHILADELPHIA
RFK STADIUM , DC
EBBETS FIELD
SHEA STADIUM
VETERANS FIELD, PHILADELPHIA
ASTRODOME, HOUSTON
YANKEE STADIUM
ANAHEIM
FENWAY PARK, BOSTON
Tuesday Photo of the Day
SEND YOU RESPONSE TO ROOSEVELTISLANDHISTORY@GMAIL.COM
THIS CARTS BIGGER EVERY YEAR AND IS AN EYESORE. PLEASE HELP US FIND A WAY TO GET IT RELOCATED OR REMOVED FROM THE TRAM PLAZA. APPARENTLY, RIOC HAS NO STANDARDS AS TO WHAT VENDORS THEY PERMIT ON THE ISLAND.
MONDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
Van Cleef & Arpels floral displays on each block
of 5th Avenue for the month of May…..Magnifique!
GLORIA HERMAN, ALEXIS VILLAFANE, LAURA HUSSEY ALL 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) Roosevelt Island Historical Society unless otherwise indicated
Sources
JUDITH BERDY
RIHS ARCHIVES
FUNDING PROVIDED BY ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE GRANTS CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE BEN KALLOS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THRU DYCD
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