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Things to Do This Week in NYC: Nov. 20 - 27
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Arts & Culture
The Best Places to See Cherry Blossom Trees in NYC
Discover the best places to see pink and white Cherry Blossom trees across all five boroughs this Spring in NYC!
Arts & Culture
A New Tiny Forest of 1,000 Trees is Coming to NYC
A forest of 1,000 trees will be packed into a tiny plot on Roosevelt Island to help fight the effects of climate change!
Architecture
13 Secrets of NYC’s Roosevelt Island
Untapped New York has written a lot of articles on New York City’s islands, both abandoned and in use.
Arts & Culture
Hundreds of Volunteers Activate JR Art Installation in NYC
Over the weekend, more than 300 volunteers headed to Roosevelt Island to become part of a large-scale art installation by
New York
The Mysterious Black Squirrels of NYC
Perhaps you’ve come across one of the black squirrels of NYC and wondered where those mutant animals may have
Architecture
New Film Goes Inside Renwick Smallpox Hospital Ruin on Roosevelt Island
Many tourists to Roosevelt Island think of it as a quickly modernizing two-mile long island with high-rises, a new Cornell
Arts & Culture
An Eye-Catching Mural Transforms Manhattan Park Pool
The Manhattan Park Pool Club on Roosevelt Island has unveiled its colorful and eye-catching design for the summer of 2020.
Arts & Culture
Field of Sunflowers Appears on Four Freedoms Park Stairs to Celebrate 19th Amendment
Yesterday, FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, in partnership with the New York Historical Society and the League of
Architecture
NYC May Get a Ribbon Bridge for Bikes and Pedestrians over the East River
A “ribbon bridge” across the East River that will be for bikers and pedestrians only? That’s what’s being
Architecture
Inside Roosevelt Island’s Futuristic Pneumatic Tube Trash System
Just prior to New York State going on PAUSE for coronavirus, we went to visit Roosevelt Island‘s amazing pneumatic
Architecture
Photos Inside the Abandoned Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island
In New York City, there are few remnants of the quarantine hospitals that once treated the city’s sick during
Architecture
NYC's Former Quarantine Islands and Hospitals
1. Bellevue Horse-drawn ambulance at Bellevue Hospital in 1895. Image: Public Domain from Wikimedia Commons Bellevue Hospital, which still exists,