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Maritime Activation Plan

Maritime Activation Plan for Harlem River, Fordham Landing

At the Fordham Landing waterfront, maritime activation will serve many purposes: reclaim and revitalize the waterfront for the Bronx community, offer new transit options, offer cultural and educational events, provide active and passive recreation, improve water quality and shoreline habitat with environmental restoration, create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities, introduce citizen science and volunteer stewardship programs, and more. To accomplish this, Waterfront Alliance proposes a series of unique zones knitted together with an environmentally sensitive waterfront path. Read the full Fordham Landing Harlem River Activation Survey 2022.

A Maritime Activation Plan is a service provided by the Waterfront Alliance, customized to suit organizations and waterfronts of all locations and sizes. Through in-depth stakeholder interviews, research, and on-the-ground work, our team provides you with a list of recommendations to help you make the best use of your waterfront. Maritime Activation Plans are suitable for parks, commercial properties, and maritime businesses, and typically take six to nine months to create. Please contact us for customized pricing based on project scope.

Maritime Activation Plans

  • Fordham Landing Harlem River Activation Survey 2022

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    • “We want access to a healthy, clean, green waterfront with options for recreational use.”
      Karen Argenti, Board member, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
    • “This approach could easily be done by other groups. It’s like building with concrete Legos in the intertidal zone. This way of building resilience is adaptable.”
      Jason Smith, Director of Northern Manhattan Parks, New York Restoration Project
    • "We seek creation of waterfront spaces that are safe and accessible for all participants to use and enjoy; for signage to be printed in multiple languages; for people to be able to touch the water, measure oysters, journal, or just sit and enjoy.”
      Katie Mosher, Senior Director of Programs, Billion Oyster Project

  • Maritime Economy, Public Access, and Resilience: A Feasibility Study of Staten Island's Northeast Shore

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    • One's access to a park is only as good as their ability to get there safely.
      Emily Walker, Former Director of Outreach and Programs at New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P), and Executive Director of the Broadway Mall Association
    • Knowledge is truly powerful. It is important to create an environment that informs Staten Islanders about its rich history. In some cases people who live in the community may not know about its rich history. The same history that can serve as a vehicle to bridge the divides of cultures, communities, and build friends, and neighbors.
      Dr. Demetrius Carolina, Executive Director, Central Family Life Center. Dr. Demetrius Carolina 
    • The ability to leverage [open and public waterfront] spaces as economic stabilizers should be at the forefront of economic development.
      Victoria Munro, Executive Director, Alice Austen House.

  • Maritime Activation Plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Regional Model for Excellence in Maritime Activation

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    • You can’t measure the success of public waterfront with a cash register. Understand we are changing lives and that’s worthy of investment.
      Stephen White, Mystic Seaport Museum Operations and Training
    • The waterfront is a community building place where a variety of activities bring together our diverse communities. I love Brooklyn Bridge Park! It keeps getting better and better, and it’s wonderful this plan is supporting that.
      Becky Blumenthal, Educator
    • Putting regular recreation like basketball and soccer on the piers both saved them and democratized them, and now we have the opportunity to expand diversity for on-water recreation too.
      Regina Meyer, former President of Brooklyn Bridge Park

  • Maritime Activation Plan for Governors Island: A Vibrant Model of Waterfront Success

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    • The overarching goal is to transform the way Governors Island uses its waterfront. In the past, uses were viewed as discrete, but activating the Island’s full potential requires consolidating and considering waterfront uses as a whole package.
      Carl Weisbrod, The Trust for Governors Island
    • Immersive education is the most effective way for students to learn; Governors Island is one of the few places where a waterfront lab is possible for learning about marine science, resiliency, and the environment.
      Yuh-Line Niou, New York State Assembly Member
    • When you land at Governors Island, you really feel like you’re on an island; the city feels at once remote, yet wholly open to you.
      Erik Baard, HarborLAB
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