
City of Water documentary trailer.

Image: Sunset over Newtown Creek. Credit: Courtesy Monica Schroeder
Join us for City of Water Day at Governors IslandOn Saturday, July 26th, paddlers, sailors, mariners and landlubbers from all over are converging on Governors Island for a celebration of our city and its waterfront! Come to the island by free ferry, kayak, boat or canoe and enjoy fishing, walking tours, music, historic boats, paddling and food. Click here for our flyer. Click here for a paddle group registration form. Click here for answers to your questions. For more information call Jen at (212) 935-9831 ex: 279. |
MWA Gets a Mention in The New York Times. Check it out!"For the first time in decades, visitors to the north side of Brooklyn’s Pier 1 can see something breathtaking. New Jersey. For years, all one saw was a huge L-shaped warehouse whose side was emblazoned with the motto 'Brooklyn Works.' ...But two weeks ago, bulldozers and backhoes began peeling away the metal walls that had sealed off sweeping vistas of Upper New York Bay and Lower Manhattan, too.... Roland Lewis, the executive director of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, a nonprofit group, said he hoped that people would think in broader terms about not just access to the waterfront, but the kinds of activities and attractions that should be there...'There are 723 miles of waterfront in New York and New Jersey; there’s room for a lot of stuff.'" ...read more
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