There’s the Admiral’s House, the generals’ housing of Colonels Row, and the officers’ housing in Nolan Park. All of them were once inhabited, waiting for their stories to be told. We were thrilled the day that author Lois Lowry walked into Nolan Park 5B, where we co-host an artist residency with Works on Water. The former colonel’s daughter remembered sunbathing on the roof of the house!
In order to accommodate the biggest and newest container ships, old channels need to be deepened. As a result, the bottom of the harbor, which is full of contaminants like mercury and DDT, is being dredged at an enormous cost.
Ambrose Channel was once the main shipping route into New York Harbor. At45 feet deep, the old channel couldn’t accommodate the newest super-container ships.
This boat once ferried millions of immigrants to Manhattan where the untold future unfolded. After decades underwater, the ferry was surfaced in December 2009. Imagine why the boat was abandoned to the water—and why was it recovered?
Listen to David’s story about a mysterious find on a Staten Island beach, and then invent your own.
Just when we thought it was safe to go in the water, we found out about these: anti-swimmer sonar systems used by the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct periodic sweeps of the New York Harbor. You can swim, but you can’t hide!