Friday, July 14, 2023 – THE WALKWAY PROGRESSES IN MANHATTAN

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023

ISSUE#  1036

A NEW WATERFRONT PARK

ALONG THE FDR

FROM 54 ST. TO 96 ST.

THE ONLY THING MISSING

ARE BATHROOMS

NYC EDC
COMMUNITY BOARD 8 PARKS COMMITTEE

JUDITH BERDY

As revealed tonight at a Community Board 8 meeting the Andrew Haswell Green Park just across from the island
is scheduled to be open this December.

A set of steps and a ramp will head down to the waterfront, to view Roosevelt Island.

Under the pavilion with the Alyce Ancock sculpture will be a walkway leading to the new in water esplanade to 54th Street.

When asked if there were public bathrooms on the over 2 mile long walkway, the answer was no, maybe in the future!  How can any city approve a public park without bathrooms?

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Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

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