The new Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech school has not only attracted residents, tourists and Tech Leaders to it’s beautiful new campus, but a large number of Canadian Geese appear to have found a new home there too. Here’s just a few of the Geese I saw on the Cornell Tech campus last Saturday.
Roosevelt Island long-timer, Nina Lublin, who has:
… likely seen & heard just about everything transportation &/or pedestrian safety-related issue here on RI…
shares this message she sent to Roosevelt Island Operating Corp ( RIOC ) Transportation Director Cy Opperman last Saturday evening about the geese:
Well, thought you could use a good laugh tonight — and please do not get mad at either the driver or me. Everything we did was careful & safe.
Coming north on the West Channel Rd just north of Southpoint Park & before the Cornell Cafe, the road was blocked by about 15-20 or so of the biggest Canadian geese I’ve ever seen on RI.
Our driver slowed to a crawl, then stopped completely, & honked his horn gently a few times, but the geese would not budge to either side.
He then carefully stopped the bus, I jumped off & started shooing them to one side. Easier said than done. But after about 2 minutes, I cleared the roadway, got back on the bus, he thanked me& we proceeded.
It being RI, of course there were visitors on the promenade watching & taking pix w. their phones, but not helping. I may be somewhere in the Twitterverse — or worse.
Also, be careful where you walk on the Cornell Tech campus grounds, particularly the hilly meadow area – goose droppings everywhere.
