Lady Liberty keeps welcoming tired, poor

The French wanted to give the United States a gift for the centennial in 1876 of our Declaration of Independence. So they got together enough money to hire the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to design the Statue of Liberty – he used his mother as a model

Water Architecture

Thread based on buildings related to water. Any building on a waterfront, river, related to water, to ships, sailing anything related to water Id love if anyone could post images here.

Current pulls three kayak racers into big barge

A kayak race in the choppy waters of the Hudson River turned terrifying Sunday for three competitors who were pulled by the current into the path of a hulking barge.

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants

For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting a little too close to a power plant can mean a quick and turbulent death.

Long Island Sound Cleanup Efforts Get Boost

Efforts to clean up Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay got a $3.3 million boost this week, thanks in part to two settlements in pollution cases.

Ship finally set to sail for Arverne by the Sea YMCA

Plans to build a YMCA at the Arverne by the Sea complex in the Rockaways are finally moving forward after a year of wrangling over the size of the facility.

Hudson River Park carousel gets go-ahead to go round in Chelsea

Green turtles, horseshoe crabs, a peregrine falcon, a black bear cub and even a butterfly-covered unicorn will soon make their home in Chelsea as part of a new carousel to be constructed on Pier 62 at the west end of 23rd St.

Concorde & `queens’ _ British empire’s NY comeback

The way British history was on the move in New York harbor on Thursday, one might think the empire itself was staging a comeback — if only for a day.

Douglas Tilden and Ken Bloom to receive 2008 “Connie” awards from Containerization & Intermodal Institute

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will present the 2008 Connie Awards this year to Douglas Tilden, Chairman of Ports America Group and Ken Bloom, Chief Executive Officer for INTTRA.

100th Anniversary of Great White Fleet commemorated in New York

The U.S. Navy commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet in New York Oct. 7 at Grand Central Terminal with the opening of an exhibit that will run through the 2008 Columbus Celebration ending Oct. 17.

Spectacular Isle

Thousands of riders aboard the Staten Island Ferry cruise by an unheralded U.S. landmark each day.

The $50-Billion Sunken Treasure

For a change, some good economic tidings: There’s a $50-billion treasure in the ocean available for the taking if governments change their policies — and save taxpayers at least $10 billion per year in the process.

Professor Uses Oysters to Teach College Students to Curb Global Warming

Internationally acclaimed environmental artist Mara G Haseltine joined NYC’s The New School for Liberal Arts to teach, Oyster Gardens, the only class of its kind worldwide where the students will focus on the design and planning of a floating oyster colony, an innovative public art project which merges art, sustainable design and field science.

From Wasteland to Parkland Along the Hudson

It’s not that New York doesn’t know what to do with its waterfront. It’s simply that almost everything it has done, until recently, was hostile to public use.

Trying to Uphold Coney Island’s Character, City Buys Wonder Wheel Site

New York City has bought the one-acre site of the Wonder Wheel for $11 million as part of the Bloomberg administration’s plan to preserve the historic character of Coney Island,

Annie’s place

 “The life, the love, the spirit of Annie Moore.” Broadcaster Adrian Flannelly let rip into his microphone with these words as a flock of white doves took to a brilliant blue sky last Saturday afternoon in a corner of Calvary Cemetery that, up until moments before, had been most notable for a glaring absence.

The Good Life?

A survey of leisure activities on the New York waterfront leaves a lot to be desired—in particular, something to drink.

Lawsuit over Great Kills

The public interest law firm Earthjustice filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, demanding that New York City clean up an abandoned toxic waste dump in the Great Kills section on Staten Island.

State renews warnings about eating Hudson River fish

The state Health Department is holding public outreach meetings this month in communities along the Hudson River to continue cautioning residents not to eat or to limit their intake of fish caught in the river.

QE2 bids farewell to America this week

After leaving New York for the last time, the world’s best-known passenger ship will eventually head to Dubai to become a floating hotel and museum.