2007 Videos from The Encampment

Each of the below four Youtube videos discusses the creation and set up of one tent at last years Encampment project on Roosevelt Island:


Direct YouTube links: Tent 2, Tent 4, Tent6, and Tent 7. Each of the four videos was shot by SmartCulture

In the Paper - Main Street Wire - 2007 Oct 20

The headlines of the current issue being delivered this afternoon, and available on-line currently, are as follows:

>RIOC Board Votes to Pursue Possibility of Dual Tram System
>Trouble Finding Parking? On a Small Crusade, Islander Says Too Many Get Illegitamate Free Ride
>Islanders Take to Blogs
>Children’s Book Has Island Setting
>Photos: fall for Arts
>The Encampment Visits Island Past

I am assuming this blog and the Roosevelt Islander are both mentioned in the above listed blog article but as my Adobe file is not working at the moment I will live in suspense until this evening.

Update:

The blog article, was written by Jami Bernard, and features a great profile of the Roosevelt Islander (the public learns his first name) and touches upon this blog and a few other Island related blogs including the RIRA blog, the My Space Roosevelt Island blog, as well as Island Cats and a couple of the building based sites which are each really simple website as opposed to blogs.

I was taken aback by Jami's characterization of my posting a promo poster "on a lamp post" (which is a RIOC no-no) when it was on one of the poster kiosks (the big fat round cement tack boards). Apparently "lamp post" was supposed to be substituted out at a later point but it fell through. It happens ...but I admit I felt like I was labelled a criminal. I got over it.

Flickr Slide Shows – The Encampment

Flickr is one of those great photo sharing sites that allow anyone to marvel at the great shots our fellow photographers have taken. The following are a just a few of The Encampment photos posted by individuals on Flickr.

Maureen Miranda, Mark Lamoureux, and Snapp.

The above photo was shot by Loladear

Seeing The Encampment with Kids

We took the kids down to Southpoint to see The Encampment. I think the highlight for them was playing with their flashlights. We found the sight of all these tents pretty cool. We were disappointed that the illumination of the tents was not brighter and to be honest some of he installations within the tents we did not get. Others were not exactly cheery but then again they were not supposed to be as they are commemorating the prisoners and the those sick enough to be brought to this island.

The kids became bored but also amused as they kept running around the various tents in the half light that existed in the park. But overall we felt it well worth the Red Bus ride down to Southpoint and to have fun wandering around the tents and enjoying the view.

Links to New York Times article 10/6/07 and slideshow

Each of the above photos is my own. I was not an easy place to photograph when you are an amatuer. I took two videos and each is too dark to show here until I figure out how to lighten / brighten them up.

Roosevelt Island Advisories: Bus and Bridge

Bus Advisory

In an effort to showcase the Encampment project, Starting tonight Oct. 5 through Sunday October 7, the Roosevelt Island Bus Service will extend it's normal route to include the entrance of Southpoint Park between the hours of 7:00 PM and 1:00 AM.

Roosevelt Island Bridge Advisory

As part of their rehabilitation effort of the Roosevelt Island Bridge, the New York City Department of Transportation has advised RIOC that beginning Tuesday October 9, 2007 and continuing until further notice, there will be a partial lane closure of the east (Astoria) bound lane, Mondays thru Fridays from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

Two way traffic will be maintained over two reduced width lanes. The effect will be reduced traffic speed over the bridge that may contribute to minor delays.

NYCDOT promises to keep RIOC advised of any future actions that they take which will affect bridge use

The Encampment "Tabletop" Tents

Today Encampment tabletop “tents” showed up in the Wire distribution wall box at the Tram station on the Manhattan side. They are take-aways further describing The Encampment

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As the Roosevelt Islander and The Gothamist each pointed out in the last few days it appears that "The Encampment" may be getting the media blitz that The Gates got two years (?) ago.

Here is a partial list of on-line articles posted about the project:

More Than 100 White Tents To Go Up On Roosevelt Island - Created: Tuesday, 21 Aug 2007, 6:00 AM EDT - MyFoxNY.com

Tent art pitched for Roosevelt Isle (Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 4:00 AM ) – Daily News

The Encampment: Roosevelt Island's Past, Illuminated (August 16, 2007) – The Gothamist

The Encampment Update - Call for Creative Collaborators (Wednesday August 15, 2007) – Roosevelt Islander