Group number 2, which is us, took group number 1 to Roosevelt Island. From our group, Matt was our tour guy. He knew lot of things and background history about Roosevelt Island. The Roosevelt Island lies between the island of Manhattan to west and the borough of Queens to east. In 1818m the New York City purchases the island. The island is part of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County.
While walking around the Roosevelt Island, we passed by the Chapel of the good Shepherd. The Chapel of the Good Shepherd is an historic church located at 543 main St. on Roosevelt Island. In the beginning it was an Episcopal chapel, but right now it is the Good Shepherd Community Ecumenical Center. It is very beautiful building. Later, I look it up in google and found out that, it was designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers.
The transportation in Roosevelt Island is awesome. There is no regular bus is Roosevelt Island but the residences use the Red bus in Roosevelt Island, which call shuttle bus service. It only cost 25 cents (10 cents for senior. I thought that was very cool. The red buses picks you up from front of the F train station and take the passenger to their destination (apartments). Talking about transportation in Roosevelt Island, I should say about the Tramway Car. From F train station of Roosevelt Island, people can take Tramway Car to 59th Street & Second Avenue Station using the regular metro card.
Roosevelt Island is short of both public place and private place. It is a public place because; anyone can go there and sit around the river as long as you want. You can play music, eat, run, play, etc. Roosevelt Island is also a private place because of the apartments. When we walked around the apartment building, there was a sign “Private property”. So, I am guessing around the residential areas are private. Those places are only for the people who live there.
I loved Roosevelt Island. I go there, every chance I get but ever knew the history behind it. It was awesome tour by Matt.
yes, i do agree with you that Roosevelt Island is both public and private space, because there are areas that are public spaces. Since the area is mostly residential their are more parts of the are that is private space.
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