Take Me to the River
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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
In 2005 and then again in 2008, the West Harlem Art Fund in partnership with the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and NYS Division of Coastal Resources collaborated on two studies for West Harlem and Northern Manhattan, Take me to the River. The process was heralded for its inclusiveness and many community stakeholders were…
art in open spaces, Ft. Washington Park, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Hudson River, Inwood, NYC, NYS Division of Coastal Resources, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, presidential library, public art, Riverside Park, Savona Bailey-McClain, Take Me to the River, tech and design center, Under the Viaduct, Washington Heights, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Piers, West Harlem tech and design center -
STREETS ARE PUBLIC SPACES
“Urbanization is the defining trend of the 21st century; by 2030, 75 percent of the world’s 9 billion people will be living in cities. And urbanization is occurring most rapidly in places with the greatest lack of planning for urbanization.” — UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos i Matheu According to Project for Public Spaces,…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art Harlem, Harlem budding art scene, Harlem curator, NYS Division of Coastal Resources, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Placemaking and the Future of Cities, Project for Public Spaces, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain, streets as public spaces, Take Me to the River, UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos i Matheu, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct
