Get Wet: Calendar of Waterfront-Related Events
Featured Event: City of Water Screenings
MWA and the Municipal Art Society of New York are proud to announce 2008 screenings of our new documentary film about the future of New York's waterfront, City of Water.
Two years in the making, City of Water explores the aspirations of public officials, environmentalists, academics, community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers for a diverse, vibrant waterfront at a time when the shoreline is changing faster than at any other time in New York's history. The film features interviews with former Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff, Representative Nydia Velazquez, MacArthur Prize winner Majora Carter, author Phillip Lopate, Sandy Hook Pilots Captain Andrew McGovern and many others, and includes footage from Jamaica Bay, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and many other places on the waterfront.
We hope to see you at one of the screenings!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Parks Advocacy Day
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sponsored By: New Yorkers for Parks
Location: New York County Lawyers’ Association, 14 Vesey Street between Church & Broadway
Tell council members and other park advocates about the issues affecting the parks and people in your community. Also, learn best practices to promote and raise awareness about parks in all formats of the media: print, television, radio, and Internet.
In 2007, more than 200 New Yorkers spoke up at Parks Advocacy day. The good news is that, following the event, the Parks Department received a $46 million increase to their budget! Specifically, we helped win $5.2 million for out of school programs, $2 million for the Playground Associates program, and $1.5 million for eradication of the Asian long-horned beetle. On May 14th, we have another opportunity to ensure that our open spaces are greener, cleaner and safer.
City of Water Screening
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Sponsored By: Gallery RIVAA
Locations: Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island
Directions: Roosevelt Island Tram or F Train to Roosevelt Island. Connect to Red Bus.
Come see MWA and MAS' documentary about the future of the waterfront in New York and New Jersey! Dessert and coffee.
Call Sharon Bermon at 212-371-9084 for more information
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Downtown Boathouse Opens for 2008 Season
ALL DAY
All locations of the Downtown Boathouse open today for the 2008 season. The Downtown Boathouse offers walk-up public kayaking, kayak trips on the harbor, evening classes, and a winter swimming pool program. The DTBH also makes facilities available to the general public for the launching of small hand powered boats For more information on meetings and activities, go to:
http://www.downtownboathouse.org/index.html
Van Cortlandt Outdoors: Spring 2008 Teacher Workshop Series
ALL DAY
Location: All workshops will be held with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation at the Van Cortlandt House Museum. Enter the park at Broadway and West 246th St.
Fee: $5 per workshop (or $20 for all five) is required to cover cost of food and beverages. Breakfast or lunch will be served at all workshops.
For more information on the workshops: Contact Sara at 718-601-1553 or email sara@vancortlandt.org
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are excited to be offering another teacher workshop series this fall. These workshops are designed to train teachers in using the park as an outdoor lab where lessons come alive for students. Workshops will demonstrate how teachers can use the 1,146 acres of parkland as an outdoor classroom and how to bring the park inside.
Workshops:
Project Wild: Saturday, April 12, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Aquatic Wild: Saturday, April 12, 2:00 — 5:00 PM
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers): Saturday, May 3, 11:00 AM — 5:00 PM
Flying Wild: Saturday, May 17, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Science and Civics: Saturday, May 17, 2:00 — 5:00 PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The EDGE, A Panel Discussion On New York City’s Waterfront Development Practices
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is pleased to invite you to an open conversation about the state of practice on New York City's Waterfront Design. Discussions about history, program, development types, and sustainability will be the focal topics of exchange. The panel will include: Carter Craft An urban planner specializing in transportation and waterfront issues, Carter's accomplishments include development of the Public Access Working Group of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program. Carter founded the project that would evolve into the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance in 1999, under the auspices of the Municipal Art Society. Anita Berrizbeitia [Moderator] Anita Berrizbeitia is Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Roberto Burle Marx in Caracas, for which she won the 2007 J.B. Jackson Book Prize, and, with Linda Pollak, of Inside/Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape. She is also the author of numerous articles that address design theory in modern and contemporary landscape architecture. Michael Van Valkenburgh Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, based in New York and Cambridge, works at both the urban scale as well as the garden and everything in between. Recent New York projects include Teardrop Park at Battery Park City, completed in 2005; Hudson River Park Segment Five, Hoboken Park, and Brooklyn Bridge Park, now all under construction. Michael also is the Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard and he lives in New York City. Lee Weintraub Lee Weintraub of Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture LLC has been practicing in the New York Region for over 30 years. His work in the public sector, especially his approach to the landscape of underprivileged communities has been extraordinary. He has won many awards including several from the Art Commission of the city of New York. Lee is an associate professor of Landscape Architecture at City College of New York. He is also a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Barbara Wilks Barbara Wilks of W Architecture and Archipelago founded a design-oriented, multidisciplinary practice focused on urban issues, in 1999. With special expertise in urban design, public, and institutional projects, she practices as both an architect and landscape architect. She has won several national design awards for her work, including the waterfront projects Tide Point and West Harlem Piers. Admission is free for ASLA members; $10 for non-members
Ongoing Events
Saturday, April 12, 2008 to Saturday, May 17, 2008
Van Cortlandt Outdoors: Spring 2008 Teacher Workshop Series
Location: All workshops will be held with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation at the Van Cortlandt House Museum. Enter the park at Broadway and West 246th St.
Fee: $5 per workshop (or $20 for all five) is required to cover cost of food and beverages. Breakfast or lunch will be served at all workshops.
For more information on the workshops: Contact Sara at 718-601-1553 or email sara@vancortlandt.org
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are excited to be offering another teacher workshop series this fall. These workshops are designed to train teachers in using the park as an outdoor lab where lessons come alive for students. Workshops will demonstrate how teachers can use the 1,146 acres of parkland as an outdoor classroom and how to bring the park inside.
Workshops:
Project Wild: Saturday, April 12, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Aquatic Wild: Saturday, April 12, 2:00 — 5:00 PM
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers): Saturday, May 3, 11:00 AM — 5:00 PM
Flying Wild: Saturday, May 17, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Science and Civics: Saturday, May 17, 2:00 — 5:00 PM
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
457 Madison Avenue
New York, NY, 10022
212-935-9831
info [AT] waterfrontalliance [DOT] org