Robert Hickman's Roosevelt Island Shuttle represents a unique transportation system capable of shooting someone across the East River to Manhattan. Aimed at the Mayor's House, it could also be viewed as a slingshot for the David versus Goliath struggle to officially incorporate Socrates Sculpture Park into the city parks system.

The enormous sculpture was modeled after Coney Island's Cyclone. Anybody could sit in the chair to feel it's terrifying potential. Kept heavily locked, the sculpture was completely functional.

Roosevelt Island Shuttle was reviewed in numerous publications including a photo on Arts section page 1 in the New York Times with a review by Ken Johnson. It was prominently featured in the Socrates Sculpture Park book, published by Yale University press.

JOHNSON, KEN

Review

New York Times,

Friday August 13, 1999,

Arts Sec. p.1.

YEE, MARILYNN K.

Photo

New York Times,

Tuesday April 20, 1999,

Metro Sec. p. B3.