Lighthouse Park Closed Saturday June 26 For Reunion Of Original Roosevelt Island 1976-80 Kids
Received the following advisory from RIOC:
Please be advised Lighthouse Park will be closed on Saturday, June 26th for a private event. The grills at Octagon will still be available on a first come, first served basis.Several readers have asked why Lighthouse Park is being closed for a private event including this reader:
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group
RIOC announced that Lighthouse Park will be closed on Saturday, June 26th for a private event. Has that ever happened before?RIOC President Steve Shane explained that the private event being held at Lighthouse Park is for a "RI Reunion". One of the event organizers adds:
Lighthouse Park is closed to a private event (by invite only) from 1-11PM on Sat June 26th for a reunion of the orginal teenagers of Rossevelt Island from the years 1976-1980".Below is a You Tube Video of the 2007 reunion at Lighthouse Park.
3 comments :
I think Steve Shane is confused. Most of those people were not teenagers in 1980. Damani Higgins certainly wasn't...
Communications could be clearer.
I saw the signs at Lighthouse Park and was wondering what kind of "private party" would qualify for exclusivity for the entire park and for the entire dsy.
I appreciate your blog which clarifies these matters
I think it is great and there are private things that go on there on occasion, like Weddings.
The "kids" that grew up here and there were lots, now Adults deserve a party here.
Those years were the "infancy" years of this Island.
They had a Reunion last year at Southpoint park.
Alot of these "kids" that grew up here, now Adults are here in NYC, some still on Roosevelt Island and all over the Country.
Good for them!!
I love seeing the photos from their reunions.
I came here in 1982 as a young adult, wish I grew up here.
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