Holiday Special : Roosevelt Island

Due to the crummy weather and upcoming holidays, this week is going to be a little different. In leu of our normal scheduled content NYC GRID will be featuring several "special" posts that I've collected from my photo library. I hope you enjoy the brief respite and I look forward to resuming normal posts next Monday.

Having lived on Roosevelt Island for two years before moving this year, I had a great opportunity to photograph one of the most interesting places in the city nearly every day. The thin island offers some of the most unique views of Manhattan and Queens while simultaneously providing it's own unique flavor in terms of people, culture and architecture.

I plan on doing a full week of Roosevelt Island posts here on Grid in the spring (when it's by far at it's most beautiful), complete with over-the-top historical information. There's simply too much to cover for one post. In the meantime, you can check out the Roosevelt Islander blog, or Roosevelt Island 360 for more day-to-day awesomeness.

Because of my previous residency on the island, the gallery for this post is absolutely massive, so I hope you enjoy. At the end are several panoramas I shot for 'RIPP' (the Roosevelt Island Panorama Project), so be sure not to miss those.

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