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Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Planning Director's Subject and Correspondence Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series includes records created and maintained by Alyce Russo during her tenure as Planning Director of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation.
Creator:
Title:
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Planning Director's subject and correspondence files
Quantity:

6 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1984-1996
Series Number:
B2742

Arrangement

Unarranged.

Administrative History

Between 1989 and 1996, Alyce Russo served as the Planning Director of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Her responsibilities in this role included directing the planning of public and private sector development, formulating policy, and fundraising.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes records created and maintained by Alyce Russo during her tenure as Planning Director of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Records include correspondence, landscape plans, and technical drawings. Topics addressed include the construction of Roosevelt Island's Cultural Center, restoration of historic structures, and the design of the island's seawall. Of particular note is the large amount of correspondence with various architects, including Giorgio Cavaglieri and Theodore Liebman.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: B2742-19
Motorgate Joint Operation Agreement 1 1
Roosevelt Island Fire House 1 2
"Trash" 1 3
Architects 1 4
Blackwell Playground Construction Shop Drawings 1 5
Budget 1 6
Commercial Space 1 7
Manhattan Cable 1 8
1991 Women in History 1 9
Norton Phase II Security 1 10
A - Miscellaneous 1 11
1987-1990 Prompt Payment 1 12
Application NEA R1OC 1 13
Space Task Force 1 14
TA - 63rd Street 1 15
Vendor List 1 16
R.I. Youth Program 1 17
TA - 60th Street Tunnel 1 18
Programming Space Worksheets 1 19
Public Purpose Payment Fund 1 20
PPP - Eugenie Martin Contract 1 21
Project Meetings 1 22
Recycling 1 23
Housing Survey 2 1
Roosevelt Island Rents Not for Distribution 2 2
63rd Street Subway 2 3
1989 April 11 MTA Public Hearing 2 4
Press: 63rd Street Subway 2 5
1988 October Transportation Study Ebasco 2 6
Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. Logo 2 7
Roosevelt Island Residents 2 8
Social Service Assessments RFF (Bid Analysis) 2 9
Conservation Company Proposal / Contracts 2 10
Social Assessment Survey Questionaires 2 11
63rd Street Subway 2 12
1988 April 22 HPD Meeting / Development Documents 2 13
NYC Housing Development Corp. 2 14
Social Assesment Mailing Lists Rep. 2 15
Medical Service Surveys 2 16
Social Assessment RFP / Community Services List/Letters 2 17
Social Assessments / RFP Responses 2 18
Correspondence 2 19
Consumer Questionnaires / Social Assessment RFP 2 20
Housing Program - City Partnership Project Pro Forms 2 21
Battery Park Questionnaire 2 22
HABS/HAER 2 23
1987 Incoming Correspondence 2 24
Community Development Meeting 2 25
Development, Other 2 26
Ammenity Committees 2 27
Housing Programs - My Memo 2 28
RIOC Development Committee 2 29
Bi-Weekly Reports 2 30
Corrected Trans. RFP 2 31
Transportation RFP Preparations and Leases 2 32
Housing, Info. 2 33
Library/Thrift Shop 2 34
Lighthouse Repair 2 35
Medical Center 2 36
New York City Housing Partnership 2 37
N.Y.C. Zoning 2 38
Northeast Seawall 2 39
NYNEX 2 40
Transit Study - Ebasco 3 1
North Main St. - Road Rehab Shop Drawings 3 2
North Main St. - Road Rehab Shop Drawings 3 3
Kass/Lowenstein Meeting 3 4
Southpoint 3 5
NYNEX - Schnadelbach 3 6
North Main Street - Road Rehabilitation Inspections 3 7
Proposal to Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation for Roosevelt Island Transportation Study 3 8
North Main Street Road Rehab - Chatterjee Folder 1 3 9
North Main Street Road Rehab - Chatterjee Folder 2 3 10
Parks Committee 3 11
Request for Proposals - Samples 3 12
South Point - Kawamata Project 3 13
North Main Street Road Rehab & Site Work - Folder 1 314
North Main Street Road Rehab & Site Work - Folder 2 3 15
Replies to 6/27/88 Questionnaires for RI Housing 3 16
Ebasco Progress Report I 3 17
Ebasco Progress Report II 3 18
Ebasco Contract 3 19
Southpoint -Smallpox Listing 3 20
Proposal to RIOC 3 21
Market Memo - Paul's 3 22
1986 April UNDC 3 24
Ebasco Study 3 25
Ebasco June 2 4 1
Ebasco Transportation Study 4 2
UNDC Plan - Loughlin's Remarks 4 3
Development Studies UNDC 4 4
Volmer Transportation Study 4 5
Consultants, Studies & Summary (G -Z) 4 6
Ebasco June 2 4 1
Ebasco Transportation Study 4 2
UNDC Plan - Loughlin's Remarks 4 3
Development Studies UNDC 4 4
Volmer Transportation Study 4 5
Consultants, Studies & Summary (G -Z) 4 6
Eastside Seawall 4 7
Floating Swimming Pool 4 8
Community Needs Assessment 4 9
Future Marina 4 10
Demolition of Laundry 4 11
General Correspondence 4 12
Blackwell Playground - Prima Paving 4 13
Blackwell Playground 4 14
Blackwell Playground Inspection 4 15
Blackwell Playground Construction 4 16
Blackwell Playground - Photos 4 17
Southpoint 4 18
Contracts 4 19
Seawell 920-84 Insurance 4 20
Seawall 920-84/C.O. Goldwater Ex, Work 4 21
Seawall 920-84 - Payroll - Folder 1 4 22
Seawall 920-84 - Payroll Folder 2 4 23
1986 Seawall 920-84 - Meeting Minutes 5 1
Seawall 920-84 - Permits 5 2
Gibbs & Hill , Seawall 920-84 Legal Documents - Folder 1 5 3
Gibbs & Hill , Seawall 920-84 Legal Documents - Folder 2 5 4
Seawall 920-84 - Labor 5 5
Seawall 920-84 - Literature 5 6
1985 Seawall 920-84 - Meeting Minutes 5 7
1984 Seawall 920-84 - Meeting Minutes 5 8
Seawall 920-84 - Manufacturers Hanover Trust 5 9
Southpoint Transportation Authority 5 10
1990 Thomas Architects 5 11
1990 Liberman Meeting Partnership 5 12
1990 Ryan Gibson Bauer Kornblath, P.A. 5 13
Buck/Cane Architects 5 14
1990 Giorgio Cavalieri - PRoposal for Cultural Center 5 15
1990 Peter George Associates 5 16
1990 Martin Holub Architects 5 17
1990 Abraham W. Geller and Associates 5 18
R.M. Kliment and Frances Halsband, Architects 5 19
1990 E.H. Brunjes and Associates 5 20
Castro - Blanc Piscioneri and Associates 6 1
Richard Dattner, Architect P.C. 6 2
Brandon DeCaro, R.A. 6 3
Architect Planners Associates 6 4
Karahan - Schwarting Architecture Co. 6 5
Paul K.Y. Chen, Architect 6 6
H2M Group 6 7
Goshow Associates 6 8
HWEI - SZE Chen 6 9
Graf and Lewent, Architects 6 10
Guillermo V. Nunez, Architects, Planners 6 11
Raymond Plumey, Architect and Planner, P.C. 6 12
Adina V. Taylor, Architect 6 13
Roxanne Warren and Associates, Architects 6 14
Rod Knox, Architect 6 15
K. Hom and A. Goldman, Architects 6 16
Degenshein Denker Bodnar, Architects and Planners 6 17
Collins / Oldroyd, Architects 6 18
Riley - Faster Architects 6 19
Albert Anaya, Architects 6 20
Montoya - Rodrigues, P.C. 6 21
Wiedersum Associates, P.C. 6 22
Neski Associates Architects 6 23
Lee Borrero, Architect 6 24
Walter David Brown, Architect 6 25
Richard A. Daley, Architect 6 26
David K. Specter and Associates, Architects P.C. 6 27
Dalia Eilat and Associates 6 28
Wecholer - Grasso - Menziuso, P.C. 6 29
Sci Tech, Inc. 6 30
Austin Braverman Patterson 6 31
Terry Cicciari, Architect 6 32
Francis R. Emma, A.I.A. 6 33
Kenneth H. Rass, Architect 6 34
The Turkel Collabrative 6 35