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ADVOCACY EDUCATION PRESERVATION STEWARDSHIP

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FOCAAdmin

NYC Parks Department announced a start of improvements to Aqueduct Trail in Van Cortlandt Park. They have requested that visitors avoid these parts of the trail until work is completed.

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FOCAAdmin

School groups from NYC, Brooklyn and Westchester - as well as adult groups - have discovered that the Friends give an exciting presentation of the history of the Aqueduct with tours inside the tunnel and to the Croton Dam.

Here's a sample of the groups:

  • 2nd Graders from the Buckley school for boys in NYC (see image right)
  • Students from Eugene Lang College (part of the New School)
  • The Columbia University Preservation department. (This group did an impressive study of the Aqueduct)
Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Author: 
FOCAAdmin

The opening of the Friends' trail improvement project in Dobbs Ferry was enthusiastically attended by local residents, state officials, Dobbs Ferry trustees and, of course, by the Friends.


Mayor Connett; Mavis Cain, Friends President; Patrick Kozakiewicz, State Project Manager; Commissioner Rose Harvey; Gary Ricci, site Manager; Bob Kornfeld, Friends Vice President.

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