Category Archives: The World of Human Beings

We don’t know why we’re here. Let’s make the best of it.

Red Hook to GWB or Bust! Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s 2010 Pumpkin Sail

Posted on November 3, 2010 by rockviv

The group’s tagline is: “Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders.”   You can say that again! Since its maiden voyage in 1969, the 106-foot long Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has welcomed aboard more than half a million young people and hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Tolled Ya!

Posted on October 6, 2010 by rockviv

  The sky looked ominous–with that deep gray harbinger of possible thunderstorms–as the sun set on Tuesday, October 5.  Hundreds of fed-up residents of Rockaway and Broad Channel were undaunted.  By 6:30 p.m., a revved-up crowd had gathered along Beach Channel Drive at the foot of … Continue reading →

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Give Your Children Roots and Wings! Floyd Bennett Planning Moves Ahead

Posted on October 3, 2010 by rockviv

Blue Ribbon Task Force Hearings Held in September 2010 at Aviator and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Continue reading →

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Rockaway’s a Food Desert, Reclaiming the Waterfront and Other Misleading Notions

Posted on September 22, 2010 by rockviv

“Please look closely at real cities.  While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.”  Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.  I was idling at the traffic light … Continue reading →

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Is it a Place for Birds, or for Planes? It’s Floyd Bennett Field!

Posted on September 20, 2010 by rockviv

Citywide Champs, Channel View-Beach Channel Girls Lacrosse at FBF An awe-inspiring blue-ribbon panel has been named by Congressman Anthony Weiner and Senator Charles Schumer to address the future of Floyd Bennett Field, that huge Gateway National Recreation Area property on Flatbush Avenue … Continue reading →

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Holland Seaside Group Chalks One Up for Light and Air

Posted on September 16, 2010 by rockviv

A close vote at CB 14’s September meeting could spell the end for Frameworks’ proposed 57-unit tower at 93-06 Shorefront Parkway. Continue reading →

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C-Span Should Have Been There!

Posted on September 8, 2010 by rockviv

I have to say I was impressed with the 60 or so Rockawayites who came out for the “town hall” last evening.  This was not your usual Rockaway gathering!  Eric Ulrich and James Sanders of the City Council jointly ran a tight, effective 2-hour meeting and … Continue reading →

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Well, here goes!

Posted on August 31, 2010 by rockviv

There are many things you can’t learn to do by watching–so I have entered the blogosphere!

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