Date of Award
Spring 5-2011
Degree Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Rivers that run through urban areas are often neglected and forgotten. This is because the primary services that they provide for major cities are transportation and shipping. Many urban waterways have become polluted as a result and fail to reach much of their potential. New York City's rivers and waterfronts are not typically a place were people seek recreation in the form of swimming or boating, except for a few places such as Coney Island, City Island, and Rockaway Beach. Other waterways that could be assets for their communities are also sometimes overlooked. After living in the Bronx three years, the only knowledge that I had about the Bronx River was that it ran through the forest in the Botanical Gardens. It was not until the fall of 2010 that I learned that there was much more of a history to the river that flowed through the gardens and had a parkway named after it.
Recommended Citation
Bodnar, Matthew, "A River Runs Through It: Community Access to the Bronx River in Tremont and Hunts Point" (2011). African & African American Studies Senior Theses. 23.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/aaas_senior/23
