NYCkayaker Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall this Summer

bonnie13 at earthlink.net bonnie13 at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 16 13:50:58 EST 2008


It would be kind of cool if they were really spread out & in some more surprising spots, wouldn't it? 

maybe one up on the Harlem River by the High Bridge, that's getting renovated - 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Bridge_(New_York_City)

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Gottlieb <peekamoose at optonline.net>
>Sent: Jan 16, 2008 1:24 PM
>To: bonnie13 at earthlink.net, Tanya Elder <elderta_2001 at yahoo.com>, nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
>Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall this Summer
>
>Actually, the project once again is located in areas that don't really need
>the project. Why not place the waterfalls in Washington Heights or The Bronx
>(The Bronx already has a waterfall or two on The Bronx River, in the NY
>Botanical Gardens and in The Bronx Zoo....) Why not try to bring people to
>projects located in areas other than Manhattan south of 96th Street....
>Otherwise, I am not against the project... Just its placement....
>
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>On 1/16/08 12:55 PM, "bonnie13 at earthlink.net" <bonnie13 at earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Gonna be the next Frogma post whenever I get to it (too many reports due to
>> take a blogging lunch break, besides the dog's too cute to go just yet). That
>> & Broadwater (sigh) (
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/nyregion/12gas.html?scp=1&sq=broadwater )
>
>I
>> kinda choked on the comment the artist made that the Times quoted in their
>> article -
>
>"³Throughout history we have always taken water for
>> granted"...
>
>Maybe in the more recent past, in first-world developed countries
>> where we walk into the kitchen, turn a tap et voila, a fresh clean drink.
>But
>> historically...um...really?
>
>Sorry, just being cranky. The project sounds like
>> fun, though. 
>>
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/arts/15arts-WATERFALLSFO_BRF.html?scp=1&sq
>> =waterfall
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tanya Elder
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