HighWaterLine

These are courtesy of The Canary Project, from the first day out…

So after a few changes in team line up, I was joined today by my husband, Gavin, and later on by Dave Enders (a journalist with a rather storied background) and his friend. We laid down some of the longest single lines yet – one went about 8 blocks, an another went over half a [...]

It was bound to happen, but really it works out for the best. We had some changeable weather, and some of the people who were going to walk with me were unavailable at the last minute, so I will be drawing the last of the first sector tomorrow (Sunday, 5/20). It will also be some [...]

Today I was out on my own (hopefully that will be the only time – it’s much better to have people join me on the walk!) as the High Water Line dipped into Canarsie. I started where I left off yesterday in Spring Creek. The line went past a water pollution treatment plant today – [...]

Wow! What an exciting day. I can’t honestly say that I was expecting it to be as interesting a day as it was! We started out early, picking up materials from storage and getting bits and pieces organized. Then headed out to the borderlands. I had Ed & Susannah from the Canary Project in tow. [...]

I had a couple of really informative meetings last week with the Regional Park Managers for big swathes of land in South Brooklyn. Talking with and even learning about the existence of the Regional Managers helps to comprehend the incredible intricacies involved in the running of our huge crazy city. One of these managers handles [...]

I have complete the mapping of the path. I am choosing to do an actual tracing of the topographic line as opposed to following the street grid. Here is the map: CommunityWalk Map – HighWaterLine – NYC