November 21, 2006
Greenway for the South Bronx
Yesterday, the Mayor unveiled the South Bronx Greenway Plan, which is part of the Hunts Point plan that " improve access to the waterfront, provide much-needed recreational opportunities, improve transportation safety and greatly enhance the network of bike and pedestrian paths on the South Bronx peninsula." The city will start four projects that will bring a waterfront park (with floating dock for boaters and kayakers) and paths for joggers and bicyclists. Construction will begin next summer, for completion in 2011.
The Post notes that Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. was very thrilled. Diaz, who endorsed Fernando Ferrer in last year's mayoral election, said, "One of your many legacies is you proved many of us wrong. I believe you'll go down as the mayor who did not forget The Bronx."
According to the city's press release, the city is "in the midst of a $462 million initiative to improve parks throughout the Bronx over the next five years." Also, here's Streetsblog on the plan.
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This is absolutely fantastic. Adolfo Carrion certainly deserves some of the credit--he's been talking about this for years.
The plan was designed by Mathews Nielsen, the same design firm that did Hudson River Park.
The local groups in Hunt's Point have worked for years on this, good work! With this project moving forward, all the more reason for people to get ionvolved to stop the ill advised water park still proposed by Giuliani cronies (and con ed power plant on the island) that would stop the greenway dead on arrival at randall's island...
Three cheers for The People of the S. Bx that have always deserved this and Majora Carter, resident genius, for believing in herself...
http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=423
Yay! Can't wait to see how all this materializes. Good on the Bronx...
nows finally afta my stops at burgaking i can reups my cash situations by holdin ups some pale face gentrifiYAHs! woop woop
yo best watch who you woop woop or you'll be doing time time at the new Hunts Point facility:
http://blogs.nydailynews.com/dailypolitics/archives/2006/11/political_rumbl.php
What, they didn't mention the new prison in the greenway press release?! Dag, who left that out? They were announced on the same day, funny that. Snap!
Uh... they didn't mention that FedEx wants to put a new depot near Hunts Point, too. And evan... shut up.
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yo youse shut up elderta, fedex are fo looosers, my cuz works at dhl L L L L L aw yeah
Who cares if your cousin works for FedEx? Whoopiedoo. I didn't say 'shut up' over FedEx. Comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?
Speaking of comprehension, that would be DHL. Shut up, Elderta.
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yo eldirta you so stoopid you posted 2x n insulted yo self you stoopid ho eldirta, n i knows you is a ho fo fedex too stoopid beyotch
hehe, evan. now that's funny!
iz my crackass computer! you still a dirty ho eldirta!
*yawn*
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evan, you're a real hero to the 'hood, my man. I'm sure everyone is proud of you. Good luck with that!
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This will be an interesting experiment, "Rebuild" an area that has been runned down for decades and evict the poor folks that are currently there. Oh yes this will give those landlords the excuse they've been looking for to evict them . Which will increase the level of crime in the area the police have to deal with now . Currently it's pretty much prostitution, Drug Dealing,And some petty crimes here and there . That alone is enough for them to deal with now they want to infuse the area with an influx of money . I'll be watching this experiment .
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