Tuesday, May 30, 2023 – CELEBRATING 1000 ISSUES THIS WEEKEND
TODAY, IN PERSON AT OUR LIBRARY
FROM THE ARCHIVES
TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2023
ISSUE# 1000
PHOTOS AND MEMORIES OF OUR LIVES DURING THIS TIME AND HOW WE GOT THRU IT AND HOW MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TOOK PLACE ON THE ISLAND EVEN THROUGH RESTRICTIONS. IT SHOWS OUR RESILIANT COMMUNITY AND HOW PROUD WE ARE TO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
TODAY IS THE PART FROM APRIL, 2020 UNTIL DECEMBER, 2021.
APRIL, 2020
MOMO OUR HEALING HOUND ARRIVES AT COLER TO SPEND MANY DAYS AT THE FACILITY IN QUARANTINE
WE DISCOVER THE WONDERFUL ART OF RON CRAWFORD TO FILL OUR FIRST ISSUES
OUR FIRST ISSUES TELL OF THE LONG GONE FDNY TRAINING CENTER ON THE ISLAND
ONE OF HUNDREDS OF MASKED STROLLS WITH BOBBIE, FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS
ONE ISSUE FEATURED THE TRAGEDY OF THE GENERAL SLOCUM SINKING IN THE EAST RIVER
MAY 2020
MOMO HELPED DELIVER COFFEE MAKERS TO UNITS WERE COLER RESIDENTS WERE QUARANTINED
COLER ADDED 300 BEDS FOR POST-COVID ACUTE CARE RESIDENTS AND HUNDRES OF STAFF FOR 4 MONTHS AND WERE CELEBRATED BY A PARADE OF EMS AND FDNY VEHICLES.
CLOSED FROM APRIL TO JUNE, THOUGH VERY FEW VISITORS FOR THE YEAR 2020
JULY, 2020
WE DISCOVERED THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ART ON THE SMITHSONIAN WEBSITE AND HAVE FEATURED DOZENS OF ARTISTS
SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING AT THE CHAPEL BY THE OCTAGON, NOW THE SANCTUARY, A SPEAKEASY?
AUGUST, 2020
THE ISLAND TOOK TO THE STREETS TO SAVE OUR POST OFFICE, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESERVED
SEPTEMBER, 2020
WE LOVE THE WPA ERA WITH ITS GREAT ART AND WONDERFUL RECORDS OF THE WORKS DONE DURING THAT TIME INCLUDING MURAL AT THE WNYC RADIO STATION
COLOR COORDINATE GLASSES, MASK AND SCARF
OUR BEST EFFORT TO BE BACK IN THE COMMUNITY
ROSH HASHANAH IN OUR NEW REALITY
OCTOBER, 2020
WORK CONTINUES THROUGH ALL THE QUARANTINE. FLYBOY IS GUARDING THE EMPTY HOTEL SITE
| NOVEMBER 2020 ELECTION DAY PROCEEDS WITH RECORD BREAKING TURNOUT AND GREAT SPIRIT EVEN AFTER AT 16 HOUR DAY |
 BLACKWELL HOUSE REOPENS THE MAIN FLOOR FOR VISITORS AND TOURS |
 A FEATHERED FRIEND APPEARS ON A NEIGHBOR’S TERRACE, SCOUTING LUNCH |
 DECEMBER, 2020 GIFT BAGS OF NECESSITIES FOR COLER RESIDENTS READY FOR DISTRIBUTON |
 WE SCOUTED THE BRAND NEW MOYNIHAN STATION AND ITS ARTWORKS |
 JANUARY 2021 TIME FOR CELEBRATION, MY FIRST COVID VACCINATION |
| MARCH 2021 RIVAA CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A QUILT EXHIBIT |
 WE LOVE REPORTING ON NEW PUBLIC ART, ESPECIALLY A CUDDLY CREATURE AT HUDSON YARDS |
 EASTER WAS CELEBRATED IN THE LOBBY SHOWCASES AT COLER |
 APRIL 2021SPRING BLOOMED ON-TIME THOUGH THE CORNELL TECH CAMPUS WAS EMPTY OF STUDENTS |
 A CHERRY BLOSSOM TOUR RESUMED AT THE KIOSK |
 MAY 2021SOUTHPOINT PARK IS PREPARED FOR A TOO CLOSE TO WATER WALKWAY |
 JUNE 2021 THE GRADUATE HOTEL OPENS, BUT NOT THE PANORAMA ROOM QUITE YET |
 JULY 2021 THE FIREWORKS RETURNED TO THE EAST RIVER |
 FDR HOPE MEMORIAL IS ALMOST READY TO BE REVEALED WITH RESIDENTS ATTENDING AFTER A RIOC BLUNDER |
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 THE STONEWALL AND VESTIGES OF THE 1970’S PLAYGROUND ARE DEMOLISHED OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY |
 AUGUST 2021 MANHATTAN SIDEWALK BLOOM WITH DINING SPOTS, SOME GREAT, SOME INTRUSIVE |
 SEPTEMBER, 2021 THE LONG DELAYED ELEVATORS ARE REVEALED AT THE MANHATTAN TRAM STATION |
 THE COYOTE WAS PATROLLING THE FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK LAWN AGAINST CANADA GEESE…GUESS WHO WON? |
 SUNDAY MUSIC AT RIVAA RETURNS |
| OCTOBER, 2021 WE AMTRAKED IT TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR MELANIE AND JOSE’S NUPTIALS |
 THE GIRLS OF THE GIRL PUZZLE TAKE SHAPE AT LIGHTHOUSE PARK |
 ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SOURCES OF PHOTOS IS “SHIRPY.” WPA PHOTOS AND FROM WWII |
 DECEMBER, 2021 OUR REINDEER HAVE RETURNED TO THE CHAPEL PLAZA |
 FINISHED!!!! |
 A WONDERFUL SITE FOR WEDDING PHOTOS |
 THE WINDOWS ARE GREAT BUT THE REAL THING IS EVEN BETTER |
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 COLER RESIDENTS GOT GOODIE BAGS AFTER THIS LONG YEAR OF ISOLATION |
 ENDING THE YEAR WITH THE TRADITIONAL KING CRAB FEAST |
FRIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
THE BLUMENTHAL PATIO AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco is a 1510s marble patio; an example of Spanish Renaissance architecture. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was originally part of the Castillo de Vélez-Blanco in Vélez-
Congratulations, RIHS, for creating the very best result of the CoVid pandemic. Never realized how interested I could be in the snippets of art, and obscure history that you have published 999 times! Even when I missed them for a few days, on returning, they have almost always shown me places or taught me something that I wish I had known earlier.
Thank you, and please keep up your publication!!
Jay Jacobson
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
JUDITH BERDY
THIS PUBLICATION FUNDED BY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE MENIN & ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE FUNDS.
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