Why Shorewalkers Stands Out

2023-01-28T13:03:26-05:00January 28, 2023|Uncategorized, Articles, Hike Report|

By Laura Clark, Brigitte Stark-Merklein and Maureen Barodin (Shorewalkers Hike Leader Committee). At the beginning of the new year, the Shorewalkers Hike Leader Committee had the enjoyable task of reviewing our hike leaders’ accomplishments in 2022. As we were putting together a summary of the year’s hikes, we couldn’t help ...

Inspired by the New York City Marathon—Start Shorewalking!

2023-01-28T08:42:35-05:00November 17, 2022|Articles|

NYC Marathon Walk by Laury Clark, Bridget Stark-Merklein and Maureen Barodin Nearly 50,000 runners and walkers spent the first Sunday in November pounding the pavement from Staten Island to Central Park in the NYC Marathon—but for many people, covering 26.2 miles in a single day seems a distant ...

What Shorewalkers Means to Me

2022-11-07T12:44:16-05:00November 6, 2022|Uncategorized, Articles|

I’ve long been a walker. In High School my boyfriend and I would walk from midtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, catching the subway to Brighton Beach at DeKalb Avenue. I loved the sense of accomplishment and self-reliance derived from getting to a destination entirely on my own power. I ...

Thirty-Five Years Ago

2022-01-09T18:34:03-05:00January 3, 2022|Articles, Advocacy, Hike Report|

Thirty-five years ago--January 5, 1987 to be exact,  Rachel Donner, a still current hike leader for Shorewalkers wrote  an article  (reprinted below) for the newsletter explaining our mission to preserve and protect the shores. On January fourth, the first Sunday of the new year, 17 Shorewalkers assembled at the South ...

What’s for Lunch?

2021-12-08T14:28:11-05:00November 30, 2021|Articles|

If you’re anything like me, you see a tempting recipe and think to yourself, that sounds good, and I should make it, but you promptly forget all about it. I mean, a recipe has to be really something to move me from the couch to the kitchen. Well, if ...

Interview with Hike Leader Brigitte Stark-Merklein

2021-09-27T12:29:17-05:00May 20, 2021|Hike Report, Articles|

Interview with Shorewalkers’ Hike Leader Brigitte Stark-Merklein (by Christine Yost, June 2021) “An intriguing and surprising tour,” I found myself thinking as I continued along with Shorewalkers’ hike leader Brigitte Stark-Merklein on her recent “Murals of Spanish Harlem” walk. At the start, Brigitte provided an overview of the streets ...

The Great Saunter: A Virtual Tour

2022-02-12T13:20:00-05:00April 20, 2020|Articles, Great Saunter|

While there is no substitute for getting out of our homes and taking up the challenging Great Saunter, author, Shorewalker member, and Saunterer, Emmet Freedman of the writing project (link below) describes his Great Saunter virtual tour: https://www.efwritingproject.com/the-great-saunter You make your way to lower Manhattan far earlier than you are ...

City on the Edge of Forever

2022-02-12T13:29:10-05:00March 15, 2020|Articles, Hike Report|

Hike Report: City on the Edge of Forever To celebrate the 55th anniversary of New York City’s Landmark Preservation Law the 15 participants were brought into New York of the past in this 5-mile walk.  We visited three types of sites: former communities, residences of the gilded age, and ...

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