As the popularity of the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade has grown so have the conflicts between bikers and walkers. To resolve this conflict the city announced a plan to convert one lane of the Manhattan bound roadway into a protected bike line and the promenade as a dedicated walkway, as ...
Shorewalkers wishes to thank the many people who submitted their stories from our first Virtual Great Saunter. Austin, Texas was perhaps the most creative with a Virtual Great Saunter song. Evy Haroldson of Seattle, Texas created a detailed hiking plan and then had to wait for the air to ...
My New Zealand Saunter By Linda Manco Two years ago I set out to walk and explore every street and avenue of Manhattan, 818 km in all, starting with the 52 km perimeter walk (for me four days and 84 km because there was so much to explore!) in ...
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 ...
Where to begin? I’d like to start on a personal note. I am among the 1% who have survived the kind of heart attack I had (100% blockage of the “widow maker”). Every day is a gift of this second chance I’ve been given, but there have been a handful of ...
Under grey threatening clouds with the forecast to clear but winds picking up, 30 people from Shorewalkers, friends, and neighbors came out to say farewell to our friend Cy A Adler, Shorewalkers founder and president for 37 years. Descending from the Manhattan Streets at 155th Street participants–I will not say mourners ...
They must be just around the bend. I should catch up to them soon. At least, that’s what I thought as I ran across the Manhattan Bridge. The last time I tried running across the Manhattan Bridge was during high school when I went to New York City with ...
We were in a small group—just seven of us on a perfect fall day. The sun lit up the red, orange, and yellow leafed trees mixed with those still green. We were able to get to all three lakes and parks. Starting with some Forest Hills history, we were ...
Early on a chilly Saturday morning that would turn blisteringly hot, we set forth, we brave few, on a trek that would challenge us like nothing before, that would test our mettle like our mettle had never been tested and help us find out what mettle actually was and why ...
NY, Mad for Long Walking, Ideal for Fans and Over 50 photos: Maria Teresa Cometto This article originally appeared in the Italian newspaper La Stampa. The translation, reproduced below is used with the permission of the authors along with their pictures. The original Italian text may be read in the newspaper La ...
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