You Tube video of Andy Garcia on Roosevelt Island Tram from movie City Island
Last month, Andy Garcia and the crew of the film "City Island" were on Roosevelt Island shooting scenes for movie. Above is a brief clip of Andy Garcia and Emily Mortimer on the Roosevelt Island Tram.
By all reports Garcia was very nice and mingled with the Roosevelt Island crowd.
The New York Post may have the premier outlet for dishing out celebrity gossip, sightings and pictures from Page 6 but Roosevelt Island has our favorite Italian correspondent, Alain, who may be about to give Page 6 some competition. Last night Alain spotted actor Andy Garcia sitting on the Roosevelt Island side of the Tram Plaza and took these pictures.
Image by Alain
What was Andy Garcia doing on Roosevelt Island? Was he searching for a place to live here on Roosevelt Island? Have celebrities decided to shun the glitz, glamour and glory of an apartment in Manhattan or the trendiness of Brownstone Brooklyn and begun to consider the charms of a Roosevelt Island waterfront condo?
Image by Alain
Of course not. Andy Garcia was here on Roosevelt Island shooting scenes for the forthcoming movie "City Island". Here's a video shot by the City Island director Raymond de Felitta of the Roosevelt Island Tram ride at night speeded up so it only takes a little less than 2 minutes in travel time from Manhattan.
You Tube video of Roosevelt Island Tram at Night from City Island Movie
... Roosevelt Island tram. Truly spectacular and romantic. Yet a little on the bizarre side of things, the island is one of those Truman show-esque where it all feels a little to considered and held together. Neat condos flanked by neat streets and a tram as a mode of transportation. A little toy town methinks...
Roosevelt Island is a mixed income, racially diverse waterfront community situated in the East River of New York City between Manhattan and Queens and is jurisdictionally part of Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Tramway, which connects Roosevelt Island to the rest of Manhattan, has become the iconic symbol of Roosevelt Island to its residents.
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