Filed under: Public Programs
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Friends of Riverfront Park meeting, 6-7:30 pm, Riverbank Park Fieldhouse. (Enter park on Somme Street between Market Street and Raymond Blvd.)
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Ironbound Riverfront Walk
Saturday, May 25, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at Info Booth in Newark Penn Station
Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy closed-toe shoes. You are encouraged to bring a bottle of water.
Free and open to the public, but RSVP required!
Please RSVP to (973) 733-5736 or newarkriverfront [at] gmail.com.
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Filed under: Public Programs
On Saturday, May 25, come explore the Ironbound Riverfront!
This walking tour will cover nearly 2 miles of the Newark riverfront between Penn Station and Chapel Street: its history, current developments, and visions for its future. Newarkers have been working for more than three decades to create public access to the river; come see how far we’ve come!
Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy closed-toe shoes. You are encouraged to bring a bottle of water.
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 11 am–1 pm
Meet at Newark Penn Station Info Booth
Free and open to the public, but RSVP required!
(973) 733-5736
newarkriverfront [at] gmail [dot] com
Filed under: Building Things
UPDATED Thanks to everyone who shared their suggestions and comments. We got great ideas like adding Kreyol (Newark’s fourth most-spoken language) to the welcomes and showing Speedway School in the West Ward. Sorry we can’t show every park or every Essex County park in the city!
Help us finish the welcome sign for the second segment of riverfront park. What buildings do you recognize or not? What looks good? What looks funny? Post comments here or write newarkriverfront [at] gmail.com.
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A triple-play of Passaic coverage from the Star-Ledger:
“The river walkers stop in their tracks and there is a collective gasp. There are the first orange planks of a boardwalk.”
Star-Ledger, April 14, 2013: Five reasons to clean up the Passaic River
Star-Ledger, April 14, 2013: A grand adventure on the Passaic River: A Q&A with Mary Bruno
Star-Ledger, April 14, 2013: The attempted murder of the Passaic River
Filed under: Building Things
For the first time in 100 years, Newark has a public boat dock. Connected to the orange boardwalk, the dock is made from plastic panels measuring 60 feet across and 10 feet wide. The dock floats, held in place by “strong-arm connectors” attached to the boardwalk. Purchase and installation was funded by a grant to Newark Riverfront Revival from the New Jersey Department of Transportation Office of Maritime Service’s I BOAT NJ Program, which uses a fraction of registration fees paid by boaters to improve public maritime infrastructure. Thanks to the I BOAT NJ team for their patience and continuous helpfulness!
The dock was designed with events like the Passaic River Paddle Relay and Project USE’s boatbuilding program in mind. Newark Riverfront Revival is working to recommend procedures and rules for the dock’s operations. If you are involved with boating, or want to become involved with this effort, email Newark Riverfront Revival.
Filed under: Other river news
NorthJersey.com, January 16, 2013: EPA to outline plans tonight for removal of dioxin-laden mud from Passaic River
Star-Ledger, February 25, 2013: Resolution may be near for towns, companies dragged into massive N.J. pollution case
Star-Ledger, March 24, 2013: 70 firms devise strategy to quash EPA’s plans for Passaic River cleanup
Filed under: Building Things
Following last summer’s opening of Essex County Riverfront Park, Newark’s next segment of riverfront park is nearing completion between Oxford and Van Buren Streets. One of the park’s special elements is a 1000-foot-long orange boardwalk built from recycled plastic planks.
The Orange Boardwalk intersects with the path down from Raymond Boulevard near the Dancing Pavilion.
At Somme Street, the structures for the Overlook and the Osprey Rook have appeared.
