New York City by Boat

The Circle Line at 42nd Street (Pier 83) offers a wonderful boat tour around Manhattan. The full trip ran 3 hours and covered 35 miles. The boat went under 19 bridges and had one train bridge open for us to allow passage into the Hudson River. The power of the city is palpable and I hope it translates through some of these images. The boat was the actual boat which responded in the rescue of the passengers and crew on The Miracle on The Hudson when a jet liner was landed in the river. She also was called into service on 9-11 and shuttled 30,000 passengers off the island to safety. At 500 people per trip I count 60 round trips to New Jersey. Enjoy Manhattan, named by the Native American Lenape People as Manna Hata (Island of many hills).

The Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse<br />
The idea for a recreational community boathouse first came to NYRP Founder Bette Midler when – upon her return to New York City in the mid-1990s – she saw local college and university rowing teams practicing on the Harlem River. Not long after, she also learned that many academic and athletic scholarships being made available to Upper Manhattan high school students who participated in rowing programs were being unused due to the lack of such local programs. When, in 1996, she inspected the polluted Harlem River site that would become Swindler Cove Park, Bette knew that the spot was ideal to fulfill yet another vision. As a result, in 1998, NYRP engaged celebrated architect Robert A.M. Stern to design the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse – the first community boathouse of its kind on the river in over 100 years.<br />
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New York Restoration Project (NYRP), founded by award-winning entertainer Bette Midler in 1995 to clean and green New York City parks, community gardens and open spaces, hosted its Tenth Annual Spring Picnic on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Midler in celebrating the partnership of NYRP and the City of New York as they work together to plant one million new trees in New York City by 2017.

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The Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse
The idea for a recreational community boathouse first came to NYRP Founder Bette Midler when – upon her return to New York City in the mid-1990s – she saw local college and university rowing teams practicing on the Harlem River. Not long after, she also learned that many academic and athletic scholarships being made available to Upper Manhattan high school students who participated in rowing programs were being unused due to the lack of such local programs. When, in 1996, she inspected the polluted Harlem River site that would become Swindler Cove Park, Bette knew that the spot was ideal to fulfill yet another vision. As a result, in 1998, NYRP engaged celebrated architect Robert A.M. Stern to design the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse – the first community boathouse of its kind on the river in over 100 years.

New York Restoration Project (NYRP), founded by award-winning entertainer Bette Midler in 1995 to clean and green New York City parks, community gardens and open spaces, hosted its Tenth Annual Spring Picnic on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Midler in celebrating the partnership of NYRP and the City of New York as they work together to plant one million new trees in New York City by 2017.

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New York City by Boat

New York City by Boat