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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Help your friends recognize you
Thursday, September 13, 2018
PLEASE LIST through 9/30/18: DISCOVERY DAY: EXPLORE UNOPENED SECTIONS OF FRESHKILLS PARK
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Media Advisory | PLEASE LIST through September 30, 2018 IMMEDIATE |
DISCOVERY DAY: EXPLORE UNOPENED SECTIONS OF FRESHKILLS PARK
Bike and hike 700 yet-to-be-opened acres of Freshkills Park
DATE: Sunday, September 30, 2018
TIME: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Freshkills Park
350 Wild Avenue
Staten Island
DETAILS: Freshkills Park will host a free Discovery Day, opening more than 700 acres and eight miles of trails to the public for a day of bicycling, activities and tours. The free event offers New Yorkers a chance to explore the park before it opens and learn more about the landfill-to-park transformation. The site is otherwise closed to the public.
Activities:
Rent a bike for free or bring your own to explore miles of paved roadway, including a three-mile loop along meadows and wetlands. NYC Audubon and NYC Parks will offer free guided walks. Self-guided hikes are also encouraged. Kids can engage in free activities, including wind-chime making and drawing workshops.
Transportation:
Shuttle buses will transport visitors to and from the St. George
Ferry Terminal (Ramp E, Taxi Stand) into the park. Those
arriving by bicycle can enter at the 350 Wild Ave. entrance.
For cars, parking will be available just outside Freshkills Park
in lots near 350 Wild Avenue. From there, visitors can take a
shuttle bus or walk one mile to the main event area.
This is one of two Discovery Days held each year at Freshkills Park, presented by NYC Parks, NYC Department of Sanitation and the Freshkills Park Alliance. Those interested can register here.
Press Contact:
Kelly Krause
(212) 360-1311
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
(PLEASE LIST through 12/20/18) BORDERS ARE SUBJECT OF NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN DUMBO
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through December 20, 2018 IMMEDIATE |
BORDERS ARE SUBJECT OF new PUBLIC ART installation IN DUMBO
DATE: On view through December 20, 2018
LOCATION: Anchorage Plaza
Washington Street between Prospect Street and York Street
BROOKLYN
DETAILS: In partnership with United Photo Industries and DUMBO BID, NYC Parks presents a new public art installation along a fence at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian entrance. “The Wall” is a series of large-scale photographic banners that display photographer Griselda San Martin's powerful project about the wall that divides the United States and Mexico.
At the juncture of San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico, the border wall’s rusting steel bars plunge into the sand, extending 300 feet into the Pacific Ocean, and cast a long and conflicting shadow. The images on the banners were captured in Friendship Park, a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where families meet to share intimate moments through the metal fence that separates them.
Physical borders create symbolic boundaries that reinforce the rhetoric of “us versus them” and become enduring, permanent features of the geopolitical landscape that send a forceful message of exclusion. By calling attention to the human interactions at Friendship Park, Griselda San Martin attempts to neutralize what this wall was built to create: separation.
This exhibition is FREE and open to the public. For more information, please call (212) 360-8163.
Press Contact:
Maeri Ferguson
pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
(212) 360-1311
Images courtesy of the artist
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Did you log into Facebook from somewhere new?
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📍 Lleb L. Bell was at Davao City
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Friday, September 7, 2018
PLEASE LIST through 9/15/18: BE AMAZED AS COMMUNITY GARDENERS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR TITLE OF BIGGEST TOMATO, TASTIEST PIE AND MORE
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through September 15, 2018 IMMEDIATE |
BE AMAZED AS COMMUNITY GARDENERS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR TITLE OF BIGGEST TOMATO, TASTIEST PIE AND MORE
Community gardeners from all five boroughs will show off their finest produce at the annual GreenThumb Harvest Festival
DATE: Saturday, September 15, 2018
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m: Fresh Chef contest
2:45 p.m: Ribbons awarded
LOCATION: Brooklyn Bears Pacific Street Garden
590 Pacific St.
Between Flatbush Ave. and Fourth Ave.
BROOKLYN
DETAILS: Come marvel at the biggest, juiciest and tastiest produce grown by local community gardeners as they bring their finest vegetables, flowers, jams, honey, pies and more to be judged by a panel of garden gurus. Ribbons will be awarded in categories such as Largest Squash, Tastiest Tomato and Best Jam.
Show off your cooking skills in the Fresh Chef contest, with contestants competing on-site to whip up the most delicious dish with ingredients from Brooklyn Bears Pacific Garden. Ingredients will be revealed at the start of the competition, and dishes will be judged by renowned New York chefs, who will crown the new Fresh Chef and doll out prizes. Register in advance here.
New Yorkers will also get the chance to build their own scarecrow, make a bike-powered smoothie and take home free daffodil bulbs to plant in their yards or gardens. All activities are FREE and open to everyone.
For more info visit greenthumbnyc.org.
*PHOTOS from 2017 Harvest Fair attached
Photo credit: NYC Parks
Press Contact:
Kelly Krause
Pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
(212) 360-1311
Saturday, September 1, 2018
📷 Mary May Espinosa shared Debbie Ann Mendez Molina's photo
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