Walking Off the Little Apple: Roosevelt Isle

Over the last week the blog "Walking off the Big Apple" has been running a series of posts regarding a walking tour the author Teri had of Roosevelt Island. It is always interesting to see your home through another person's eyes and in this case feet. Today's post compared Roosevelt Island to the Île de la Cité in Paris. Each blog post is worth checking out as are the photos Teri has posted on Flickr.

The blog posts in reverse date order from today backwards include:

> A Comparison of New York's Roosevelt Island and Paris' Ile de la Cite: Pourquoi Pas ?

> The East River and Roosevelt Island Walk, Part Three: The Renwick Ruins, or, THe Smallpox Hospital

> The East River and Roosevelt Island Walk, Part Two: The Ride Over to the Island (Vertigo Slideshow)

> The East River and Roosevelt Island Walk: Part One, The East River, Manhattan, From 86th to 59th St.

Teri's Roosevelt Island set of pictures over on Flickr can be found HERE.

Walking Tours: Roosevelt Island's Magnolias and Cherry Blossoms

The Roosevelt Island Historical Society is sponsoring two short walking tours this month both with an added focus to enjoy the fauna in bloom at this time of year.

The first is this weekend, Saturday April 5th, starting at 11am, outside the Octagon and proceeding North to the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse. This tour includes the many magnolias at that end of the island. The suggested donation to the RIHS for the tour is $5.

The second tour, on Sunday April 20th, starts out at the RIHS Visitors Center Kiosk located by the Tram and proceeds South along the promenade to enjoy the cherry blossoms. You don't need to travel to DC to see these flowers each year just a quick visit to Roosevelt Island.

I am guessing part of the tour will discuss how these trees came to the island as I don't believe they are indigenous to the space. I have pictures in my mind of the inmates lounging under the trees between their daily line-ups for the warden. I am assuming the trees were planted during the early years after Goldwater was constructed. To learn the real answers come on down to the tour.

Watch for posters and announcements regarding the start time for the April 20th tour.