March 28, 2008
Tuesday, March 25th 2008 - Pollara calls on residents to “remember the person we’re trying to honor in all this.”
Tuesday, March 25th 2008 - Architect, Paul Broches of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute explains the new illustrations in a PowerPoint presentation for the FDR Memorial during Tuesday night’s meeting at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
March 24, 2008
Details on Southpoint Park Fire

More details on the fire at Southpoint Park - a story that PressHD broke on Saturday. 

Roosevelt Island 360 has posted details on the emergency response.

According to the blog, calls came into emergency response around 2:56pm.  An FDNY marine unit responded and within 39-minutes the flames were extinguished. 

Click on the title above to link to 360’s blog. 

March 22, 2008
BREAKING NEWS…FIRE IN SOUTHPOINT PARK Public Safety: 14-year-old set fire near Renwick Ruins Saturday There’s little information on the late afternoon fire at Southpoint. Officers at Public Safety headquarters said they were not allowed to give out information but one officer on patrol in a PSD vehicle said “a 14-year-old kid” started the fire. Pictures were taken at the scene at approximately 6:30pm where that same officer commented that the fire broke out “a few hours” eariler. The smell of burnt leaves was still strong and could be detected from a few feet away. From the ashes and residue it appears that the fire spread approximately 150-feet in length and five to ten-feet in width at some parts. Fallen tree branches and foliage was scorched and discarded glass bottles turned brown and black from the heat of the flames. There’s no information on how the fire was started or if an accelerant was used. From one of the pictures a straight white line can be seen running along side of the fence. No word if firefighters were called or how the flames were put out. The situation could have been much worse if the ground had been dry. But because the recent rainfall, the area was damp. PressHD will continue to update this story as more information becomes available. You can click on this picture to see other pictures from the scene.

BREAKING NEWS…FIRE IN SOUTHPOINT PARK

Public Safety: 14-year-old set fire near Renwick Ruins Saturday

There’s little information on the late afternoon fire at Southpoint. Officers at Public Safety headquarters said they were not allowed to give out information but one officer on patrol in a PSD vehicle said “a 14-year-old kid” started the fire.

Pictures were taken at the scene at approximately 6:30pm where that same officer commented that the fire broke out “a few hours” eariler.

The smell of burnt leaves was still strong and could be detected from a few feet away.

From the ashes and residue it appears that the fire spread approximately 150-feet in length and five to ten-feet in width at some parts. Fallen tree branches and foliage was scorched and discarded glass bottles turned brown and black from the heat of the flames.

There’s no information on how the fire was started or if an accelerant was used. From one of the pictures a straight white line can be seen running along side of the fence.

No word if firefighters were called or how the flames were put out.

The situation could have been much worse if the ground had been dry. But because the recent rainfall, the area was damp.

PressHD will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

You can click on this picture to see other pictures from the scene.