The BROADWAY: 1000 Steps Baton – 240th Street to 190th Street: Bronx Gateway Through Inwood to Manhattan
Artist and Founder of City as Living Laboratory, Mary Miss, will inaugurate the event by addressing the significance of Broadway, as Manhattan’s historic and ever-evolving corridor. Bronx-born artist, Daniel Hauben, will discuss his impressions of the borough, past and present, which serve as the subject of his acclaimed ‘landscape’ paintings, while Inwood resident and enthusiast, Don Rice, will enrich this stretch of the walk with interesting historical anecdotes of Inwood’s enchanting and obscure past.
BROADWAY: 1000 Steps is a project by Mary Miss to turn the oldest avenue of NYC into a “green corridor” where insights into our surroundings – from streets and buildings, to transportation and waste, to energy and the climate – can be made apparent and accessible at ground level. This project, to be inaugurated next spring 2013, will be implemented at up to twenty “hubs” dispersed along its length, from the Bronx to the Battery. Each hub will serve as a site for installations that reveal the urban infrastructure, decode the environment and suggest what the future city might be. This project is intended as a catalyst for interventions and projects by other artists, environmental designers, and citizens along Broadway, at additional sites in NYC and cities across the country.
NOTE: This walk is part of a continuous series of walks taking place on Sunday, May 5th. To view the other events in the “BROADWAY: 1000 Steps” walk series, view the Upper Manhattan and Lower Manhattan walk pages.
Time: 8:00am-10:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: The intersection of Broadway and Van Cortlandt Park South
Event End: Broadway, between 190th and 189th St., next to Gorman Park
Hosts: Mary Miss, Gabriel Willow, Daniel Hauben, Don Rice
Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting place.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
The BROADWAY: 1000 Steps Baton – 190th Street to 112th Street: Newcomers and Old Timers: Fort George, Washington Heights and Harlem
Acclaimed artist, Matthew Jensen, will heighten awareness of this area’s topography and geology, addressing features of the urban landscape often unnoticed. CB9 community activist Linda Walton will help to identify landmarks of Harlem’s cultural history over time and provide projections for the neighborhood’s future. As we walk past the prolific Columbia University, environmental scientists Sabine Marx will speak about the work of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions.
BROADWAY: 1000 Steps is a project by Mary Miss to turn the oldest avenue of NYC into a “green corridor” where insights into our surroundings – from streets and buildings, to transportation and waste, to energy and the climate – can be made apparent and accessible at ground level. This project, to be inaugurated next spring 2013, will be implemented at up to twenty “hubs” dispersed along its length, from the Bronx to the Battery. Each hub will serve as a site for installations that reveal the urban infrastructure, decode the environment and suggest what the future city might be. This project is intended as a catalyst for interventions and projects by other artists, environmental designers, and citizens along Broadway, at additional sites in NYC and cities across the country.
NOTE: This walk is part of a continuous series of walks taking place on Sunday, May 5th. To view the other events in the “BROADWAY: 1000 Steps” walk series, view the Upper Manhattan and Lower Manhattan walk pages.
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: Broadway, between 190th and 189th St., next to Gorman Park
Event End: The intersection of Broadway and 112th St., in front of Tom’s Restaurant
Hosts: Matthew Jensen, Linda Walton, Sabine Marx
Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting place.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
The BROADWAY: 1000 Steps Baton – 112th Street to 59th Street: Central Park to Columbus Circle
As we walk down from 112th St., Angelica Pasqualini of Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems research, will speak about the principle climate research underway in NYC and the myriad green innovations in the built environment that line Broadway.
BROADWAY: 1000 Steps is a project by Mary Miss to turn the oldest avenue of NYC
into a “green corridor” where insights into our surroundings – from streets and buildings, to transportation and waste, to energy and the climate – can be made apparent and accessible at ground level. This project, to be inaugurated next spring 2013, will be implemented at up to twenty “hubs” dispersed along its length, from the Bronx to the Battery. Each hub will serve as a site for installations that reveal the urban infrastructure, decode the environment and suggest what the future city might be. This project is intended as a catalyst for interventions and projects by other artists, environmental designers, and citizens along Broadway, at additional sites in NYC and cities across the country.
NOTE: This walk is part of a continuous series of walks taking place on Sunday, May 5th. To view the other events in the “BROADWAY: 1000 Steps” walk series, view the Upper Manhattan and Lower Manhattan walk pages.
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: The intersection of Broadway and 112th St., in front of Tom’s Restaurant
Event End: 59th St. and Broadway; Columbus Circle entrance to Central Park
Host: Angelica Pasqualini
Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting place.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
East Harlem: Gentrification and the Historic New Harlem
East Harlem is a very old neighborhood. Its tenements, public housing, and the current boom in condos now creates a new mix of people. In the past Harlem was home to Chinese, Italian, African American, Sephardic Jew, Spanish, Carribean, Mexican and Latin American residents. Now there is a smattering of persons from Mali, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Russia, Senegal, Gambia and Ethiopia. The area is undergoing gentrification so now East Harlem sees and hear a population that formerly lived south of East 96th St., the unofficial dividing line between the inner city residents and the upper middle class. Explore this change with Dr. Sandra Hernandez, East Harlem expert native.
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Event Start: Corner of 103rd St. and Lexington Ave.
Event End: 116th St. and Lexington Ave.
Host: Dr. Sandra Hernandez, of the Architect Designer Planners for Social Responsibility
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Not Accessible – stairs, obstacles, uneven terrain, steep paths
Preview the Demise of Yorkville and East Harlem
The city is proposing to build an industrial garbage facility at 91st and York (Asphalt Green) which will run 24 hours a day, 6 days a week and have the capacity to receive garbage from 500 trucks a day. The access to the facility will be on the driveway that bisects the playing field at Asphalt Green from the Swim and Athletic Center. Get a tour of the proposed truck routes and learn the facts about why the city decided to locate a garbage facility right next to an athletic facility that serves 50,000 children a year. Also try to understand why this facility is the only one of its type being built in a residential neighborhood – because we can’t.
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Event Start: Le Pan Quotidien at 88th and Lexington
Event End: Vinegar Factory at 91st and York
Host: SaneTrash.org
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks
Riverfront scenery, greenery and beautiful murals make Harlem River Park a wonderful place to walk, bike and play, and a crucial link in the greenway on Manhattan’s East Side. Take in the park’s innovative, environmentally-friendly edge, the decorative pavings that line the esplanade and the pedestrian crossing improvements that make safe access to the riverfront possible, and hear about how the community-based vision for this unique park became a reality.
Every day, all over the city, Transportation Alternatives is working to revitalize New York City’s neighborhoods and restore a vibrant culture of street life. This walk features one of the many communities where T.A. advocacy brings safe and healthy streets for all.
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Event Start: M1 bus stop at NE corner of East 135th Street and 5th Avenue
Event End: East 142nd Street and 5th Avenue
Hosts: Transportation Alternatives, Friends of Harlem River Walk and Greenway, Harlem River Park Task Force
Registration: RSVP at http://transalt.org/events/calendar/5850
Accessibility: Not Accessible – stairs, obstacles, uneven terrain, steep paths.
Turtle Bay: From Quiet Farmland to the International Stage
This Jane’s Walk will explore the history of the ever-changing East Midtown neighborhood, including colonial days when the area was site of the wealthy Turtle Bay and Beekman Farms surrounding a cove called Turtle Bay; the mid-1880s when it was a pleasant neighborhood of brownstones (many still standing); a period of decay late in the 19th century after the Bay was filled in and the landfill attracted dirty stockyards and breweries; the area’s 1920s rebirth when a socialite created the Turtle Bay Gardens residences; the 1940s, when the stockyard site was cleared for the United Nations’ headquarters complex; and the 1950s, when the old Third Avenue El was dismantled, to be replaced by an avenue of office towers. Current news, such as the planned East River Esplanade, will also be discussed.
*This walk will be happening on both May 5th, and May 6th
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Event Start: Amster Yard, at 211 East 49th Street
Event End: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street near First Avenue, in front of the outdoor cafe
Host: Pamela Hanlon, author of “Manhattan’s Turtle Bay: Story of a Midtown Neighborhood”
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
Sense the energy and ambition that has spurred an incredibly dynamic and fascinating area, tucked away between Tramway Plaza and Sutton Square and dominated by the iconic Queensboro Bridge. The zone grew as a rough and ragged district of power plants, breweries and tenements, until a bevy of society ladies transformed a tenement block into an exclusive enclave that set off a local apartment house boom. Near and distant views reveal the places where Robert Moses bullied locals into accepting the East River Drive, where zoning encouraged residential towers, where Philip Johnson designed a futurist New Town, where citizens locked horns with city planners, and where Louis Kahn’s Memorial to FDR finally nears completion.
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: Tramway Plaza, 59th St. and 2nd Ave, Manhattan
Event End: Sutton Place Park, 57th St. and Sutton Place, Manahttan
Host: Carole Rifkind, author, filmmaker and MAS Board Member
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
All of us are aging every day. Senior citizens are the fastest growing sector of the U.S. population. In the next 20 years, the senior population will double in size! Old age does NOT mean sickness. It is our responsibility as young people to take care of our “village elders”, because their well-being affects the greater good! The goal of the WALK IT OUT! Program is to encourage seniors to be more physically active and to educate them about healthy choices so that they will avoid disease and illness as they age. Central Harlem has a high rate of heart disease and diabetes; these diseases are most prevalent among African Americans Seniors who are known to have poorer balance, mobility, and muscle strength in comparison to any other racial group. Get involved today for a better tomorrow!
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Event Start: Beginning in front of Harlem Hospital Center, MLK, Jr. Pavillion, 506 Lenox Avenue at W135th Street, New York, NY 10037
Event End: Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mount Morris Park West
Host Organization: Walk It Out! at Harlem Hospital Center
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks
Follow Judith Birdy, the President of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society on a Jane’s Walk that will go north through 1970′s new town to discover the history of the island, and learn how it has changed from an island of institutions to a residential community. Learn about future plans for the island, including a new university science campus. This is a great Walk for those wishing for a moderate length walk (this walk will cover approximately 12 blocks).
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: Roosevelt Island Visitor Center at the Roosevelt Island side Tram
Event End: TBD
Host: Judith Berdy of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks
This walk will explore the neighborhood that sits at the edge of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, and, at appropriate sites, discussions will examine different elements of Jane Jacobs’ ideas which have transformed our thinking about cities. Walkers will explore these ideas in the context of this neighborhood’s history and how it developed.
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start/End: 991 Amsterdam Ave. (between 108th and 109th St.)
Host: Jim Mackin, of the Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District (BID)
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks.
The Upper West Side: Broadway from Lincoln Center to Zabar’s
Check back soon for more information on this walk.
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Event Start: Lincoln Center (Columbus Ave. between 63rd & 64th St.)
Event End: Zabar’s (83rd and Broadway)
Host: Carole Stallworth, of “Big Apple Greeter”
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
On our walk through Inwood, we will pause to collect food and view places of historical and local significance. Check back soon for more information.
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Event Start: Begin at Dyckman Stop on 1 Train
Event End: Spuyten Duyvil Creek in Inwood Hill Park
Host Organization: Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.
Accessibility: This event is welcoming and accessible to seniors and children.
