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AIANY Industrial Waterfront Tour to Freshkills Park | Virtual Tour with Classic Harbor Line

Cruise through the industrial waterways of New York Harbor around Staten Island en route to Freshkills Park—formerly the world’s largest landfill, this 2,200-acre site is being transformed into one of …

Architecture
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Finding Frederick Law Olmsted in Cotton’s Kingdom with Sara Zewde | Episode 280

Join architect Sara Zewde for this live virtual program as she shares her recent research on the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted’s journeys through the Slave States on his practice …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designer of America & His Staten Island Roots | Episode 279

Join historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton, originator of and consulting producer to the PBS special Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America, as he shares the remarkable life and career of the …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Fleet Week New York Celebration | Episode 275

After a two-year hiatus, Fleet Week New York is back! So to mark the day that units arrive in New York for the celebration, we will be looking at some of the …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront

Flight deck of USS Bataan during Fleet Week

St. George Ferry Virtual Tour | Virtual Program | Episode 273

While the Staten Island Ferry is the oldest continuously operating ferry line in New York City, the NYC Ferry to the island is the newest. Ride with us from the …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

New York City’s Lost Canals | Episode 264

While New York City sat at the nexus of many important canals built in the 19th century — the Erie, Morris, and Delaware & Raritan among them — the city …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront

Inside Staten Island Ferry John F. Kennedy with Engineer Angus McCamy | Episode 262

Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, and Paul Italia made waves last month when they bought retired Staten Island Ferry John F. Kennedy. While we don’t know where this future comedy club will …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

A Staten Island Farmer’s Travels Abroad with Justin Martin | Episode 260

Join the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a fascinating presentation by Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Justin will highlight Olmsted’s travels to England while he lived …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Economy, Access, and Resilience: Staten Island’s North Shore with the Waterfront Alliance, Part 2 | Episode 254

In the second installment of this series on the history and ecology of Staten Island’s North Shore, we are joined by Karen Imas, Senior Director of Programs at the Waterfront Alliance to …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Beyond the Ferry: Staten Island’s North Shore | Episode 250

On the Staten Island Ferry’s 115th birthday, we take a tour of the island’s North Shore waterfront. Seen by Staten Islanders as culturally distinct from the neighborhoods south of the …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Olmsted, Public Health, and Urban Planning with Olmsted-Beil House | Episode 244

Join Turnstile Tours and the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a virtual panel discussion to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Frederick Law Olmsted’s report for the Staten Island Improvement Commission, …

Prospect Park
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Tide Mills: Green Energy from the Colonial Era | Episode 239

In colonial New York, reliable power came from muscles (human and animal), firewood, and tides. From Spuyten Duyvil to Marine Park, Wallabout Bay to Flushing Bay, settlers turned many tidal …

Gowanus
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Waterfront

Rockaway Ferry Virtual Tour | Episode 235

The fastest way to the beach is on the NYC Ferry, so join us for another virtual boat tour as we cruise the Lower New York Bay. We will pick up …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Exploring Staten Island’s Olmsted-Beil House | Episode 226

Join us for a special panel discussion and virtual tour of Staten Island’s landmark Olmsted-Beil House, an historic farmhouse and museum where landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted began his monumental career. …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Staten Island’s Freight Rail: Back from the Brink with Don Lotz | Episode 156

Because New York City lacks any freight rail crossing of the Hudson River, Staten Island is the lone borough with direct access to ports and rail lines west of the …

Architecture
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Waterfront

Lighting the Way: Staten Island’s National Lighthouse Museum | Episode 129

From the Civil War through the 1960’s, a site next to the Staten Island Ferry terminal served as the central depot supplying America’s lighthouses and Aids to Navigation. Join us …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

U-Boats, Bootleggers, and Buoys: The History of the Coast Guard in New York Harbor | Episode 119

To mark the 230th birthday of the United States Coast Guard, we’re looking back at the history of the “always ready” service. Due to New York’s position as one of …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront

The Melvilles and Sailors’ Snug Harbor: A Story of New York | Episode 118

By the time he published Moby-Dick in 1851, Herman Melville’s career as a popular prose writer was almost over. While Melville was working on the docks as a customs inspector …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

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