South Bronx Unite - Reclaiming the South Bronx Waterfront

This Saturday, July 16, 2016, from 11-4 pm, hundreds of South Bronx residents will join a waterfront celebration (with an international musical line up, along with local musicians, artists and vendors as well as water activities including canoeing, water testing and a fishing contest) to reclaim the Mott Haven-Port Morris waterfront for public access/use.  This special waterfront event - part of the city-wide -Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance's City of Water Day - celebrates the efforts of the community to build bridges to the inaccessible shoreline where, despite nine miles of state-owned land along the peninsula, community members currently do not have a single public access point.

Waterfront Celebration - Mott Haven/Port Morris When: Saturday, July 16, 11-4 pm Where: Lincoln Avenue Waterfront (south of East 132nd Street) Featuring International Musical Line-up - including: Bandistan Ensemble * - Musicians from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Plenartorium - contemporary interpretation of traditional Puerto Rican plena Bomba - from our community UpBeat - South Bronx children's orchestra DJ Manny - Mott Haven's own resident DJ BBQ - with Mott Haven resident garbage can grill master Jake  Water Activities - water testing, canoeing and fishing (with a $50 1st place prize for the largest fish) Unveiling of the Lincoln Avenue and Alexander Avenue Waterfront Renderings from UPenn - based off of the Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan

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Bantistan Ensemble * (music preview)

Plenatorium (music preview)

Canoeing the Bronx Kill (preview)

PennDesign Renderings of Lincoln Avenue and Alexander Avenue Public Waterfront

From land and from water, join us for a celebration of South Bronx resiliency and public waterfront accessibility.  Despite nine miles of public, state-owned waterfront land along the Mott Haven-Port Morris peninsula of the South Bronx, community members currently do not have a single public access point. This special waterfront event - part of the city-wide Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance's City of Water Day - celebrates the efforts of the community to build bridges to the public waterfront.

A video reminder of what happened last year and why we do this work!