Roosevelt Island

Urban Explorer and Columbia student, David Vega-Barachowitz, visits Roosevelt Island. Watch the slideshow to see photos and read captions about the sights. Click on the following link to view the corresponding article Hanging Out with the Gangs of New York on Roosevelt Island.

At 60th Street and Second Avenue, the aerial tramway platform to Roosevelt Island stands like a full scale K’NEX model haphazardly placed in a city of steel and stone. Its beams of radiant orange, red, blue, and yellow are alien to the surrounding cityscape.