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Waterfront
Recap | The Future Waterfront: MWA Conference 2010
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance convened a diverse array of organizations and individuals to attempt to answer questions about the elusive idea of a collective vision for the New York-New Jersey Harbor.
Rising Currents – A Postscript
MoMA hosted a panel discussion to mark the end of the Rising Currents exhibition
Governors Island: Creating Destination Recreation
How do you involve people in a community engagement process when there is no defined community? Leslie Koch, president of GIPEC, tells us how she did it on Governors Island.
Vinegar Hill to the Pencil Factory
If you follow Navy Street to Flushing and head north to Kent Avenue, you’ll see the scotch tape and wires that hold the city together. Then: Admiral's Row.
Parsons Integrated Studio: 79th St. Boat Basin
David Leven and Derek Porter discuss how their architecture and lighting design students collaborated to reimagine access to and use of this complex waterfront site.
MTS casts shadow on West Harlem Piers Park
The West Harlem Piers Park is the last jigsaw piece in a now unbroken strip of publicly accessible waterfront running all the way up from Battery Park.
The Floating Pool: Ann Buttenwieser
Ann Buttenwieser, founder of the Neptune Foundation, talks about the unconventional waterfront amenity she helped bring to Hunts Point, the only community district in New York City without access to a public pool.
The Floating Pool: Jonathan Kirschenfeld
Jonathan Kirschenfeld, architect, talks about the unconventional waterfront amenity he helped bring to Hunts Point, the only community district in New York City without access to a public pool.