Restored Image of the Roosevelt Island Tram

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 This image was first posted on May 31, 2007.

I removed the photo in in the summer of the same year.

Now, the image is being posted again as an article.

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That's a neat picture. I didn't know there was a tram. 

Ron B., May 31, 2007, 4:48pm EDT  

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 Peter,

The tram was built years after the bridge from LI City and years after the trolley stop on the Queensboro bridge was discontinued. 

Mitch R., May 31, 2007, 5:07pm EDT  

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 Looks like a fun ride! 

Audrey L. C., May 31, 2007, 5:16pm EDT  

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 Does it fall in the water often? 

Wilma M., May 31, 2007, 5:31pm EDT  

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 There is a island in the middle of the East River -used long ago for a sanitarium.

Large housing development was done in the middle of the 20th Century

A great place to take young visitors to the city. 

Peter Wimsey, May 31, 2007, 7:23pm EDT

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 Mitch is right. I changed the earlier comment to delete the ahistorical references.

It doesn't fall in the water, Wilma, but it did become famously stuck more than a year ago.

Riders were rescued after hours in the stalled Tram, and the service was discontinued for months until the system could be repaired.

It is a very fun ride, Audrey.

The crossing does not take long, but the views of Manhattan, especially looking down the east side of the city, are spectacular. 

Peter Wimsey, May 31, 2007, 7:27pm EDT   

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 What a great vantage point from which to see the city. Where can I hop on? 

Lisa Gensheimer, Jun 1, 2007, 10:18am EDT  

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 At the foot of the Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge, per Simon & Garfunkle).

TramPlaza is located at 59th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. On the island a red minibus meets the tram and takes you throughout the island for 25 cents! 

Mitch R., Jun 1, 2007, 10:20am EDT  

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 Thanks for the directions, Mitch. Such a deal. 

Lisa Gensheimer, Jun 1, 2007, 10:32am EDT  

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 A marvelous contraption. Sacre bleu! 

King Louis IX, Jun 1, 2007, 11:54am EDT  

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 I would like to take a ride on that, Mr. Wimsey. 

Martin Mandeville, Jun 9, 2007, 10:12pm EDT  

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It is a marvelous contraption, King Louis IX.

Martin, if you ever get to New York, you'll have to try it.

I will take you there myself, because I love to ride the thing and my niece and nephews are no longer interested in doing so. 

Peter Wimsey, Jun 9, 2007, 11:51pm EDT

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 Gorgeous. Only drawback the traffic tie-up around there is always horrific.

Did you ever see Nighthawks (1981), Billy Dee Williams & Sylvester Stallone? There's a scary tram scene. Terrorists Take Hostages! Daring Rescue Above the East River! Dramatic Police Action!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0082817/ 

Arlene H., Jun 10, 2007, 10:50am EDT  

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 I did not see it, Arlene. But I may go look it up.

I love the Tram, never felt unsafe up there. 

Peter Wimsey, Jun 11, 2007, 12:30am EDT