JOIN JUDY BIRDY! PRESIDENT OF THE ROOSELVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY On a Virtual Tour! "ROOSEVELT ISLAND END TO END" Roosevelt Island vastly changed over the years while our community developed Our six landmarks remain, all beautifully restored Our parks have been expanded and the FDR Four Freedoms Park graces the Southern tip. The landmark lighthouse at our northern tip is restored to its original design standing tall above The Girl Puzzle sculptures. It is time …

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WITH Bob Singleton, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society! THE CRADLE OF CREATIVITY: a Virtual Tour! In this community: the document proclaiming American Independence was first read on our Nations's soil, the Inland Empire (as the called the great center of the continent) was linked to the Empire City, the name of one of its neighborhoods is on the First Page of the Information Age, the Steinways built and developed the Entertainment Industry …

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