Greetings!
Want to connect New Yorkers to the benefits of our harbor and make a better, more maritime-focused waterfront? Next year is pivotal. 2020 is the year to influence the creation of NYC's new comprehensive waterfront plan, called
Vision 2030
, a plan for the next 10 years.
Your donation can help us shape the future of our waterways and how New Yorkers benefit.
- You can donate via credit card, Venmo, or Amazon Smile (select "PortSide NewYork" to gift us a share of your purchase amount).
- Mail checks for PortSide NewYork to 190 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
PortSide does a lot with a little, and we will do even more with your support!
Your year-end donation will help us give to others all year long and continue the trajectory of major growth at PortSide. In 2019 we added 4 board members and several consultants,
changed the future
of a public school, and more.
Thanks to people like you, we can continue to create INNOVATIVE, IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS, AND CHANGE.
Below, read what people have to say about our work and check out a summary of some of our 2019 programs.
Catch up with the school and 30-ton news of our last newsletter
here
.
Join our 3rd annual Christmas caroling in Red Hook
this Sunday
.
Please donate now and help us make 2020 a powerful year of PortSide service. As always, thanks for your support! Please read on below.
Best,
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Carolina Salguero
Founder & Executive Director
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Some greatest hits from PortSide's 2019
We can do more in 2020 with your support!
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PS 676 delegation after sailing on the CLIPPER CITY, a donated cruise arranged by us.
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Ship MARY A. WHALEN update!
Last
newsletter
, we reported that a vintage engine was offered to us. One week later, we have a committee of marine engineers eager to be involved and over $900 raised via
this Facebook post
.
Education
We educate in person and virtually via our social media and
e-museum, praised by Professor Erica Avrami of Columbia University's graduate program who wrote "
Red
Hook WaterStories
has been a terrific resource as we prepare for a studio focused on the intersection of historic preservation, equity, and resiliency, using Red Hook as a study area."
Community
"You are building communities," said Esther Blessing, a regular at
Second Sundays TankerTime
. That's because we convene diverse people and foster exchanges between them. During Second Sundays, at least 4 languages are usually being spoken. During a weekday visit, watch
two Navy vets
meet each other and discover they worked on the same ship!
Culture
- We hosted 3 resident artists working in poetry and visual arts. Our ship, the harbor, and single cell algae inspired their work.
- We partnered twice with the Brooklyn Public Library to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth, once in the Pier 11 shed space we are trying to get.
- The Urban Sketchers were back for MARY Art Inspiration Day, year 2.
Workforce
- We grew our training partnership with the union District Council 9 via projects on our ship and in their training center in Queens, a benefit to them and our historic ship MARY A. WHALEN.
- We had an ace Harbor School summer intern John Steib.
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Left: DC9 Metal Polishing Division apprentices. Right: future marine engineer John Steib
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Environment
Advocacy
- See our Advocacy webpage for proposals. We testified about NYC Ferry and worked with elected officials and City agencies on waterfront issues.
- We were major forces in two Red Hook advocacy efforts, preserving the Bowne Storehouse (our coalition lost that, and we propose policy fixes) and the Lidgerwood site being developed by UPS (partial win and growing a relationship for the future).
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Art made by a visitor celebrating the 81th birthday of our ship MARY A. WHALEN.
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TankerTots play area in action.
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Our ship cat Chiclet is popular with visitors of all ages. Neighbor Hart is a regular.
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Staying in Touch
Missed our last newsletter? Visit the
archive
.
Looking for fascinating "did you know?" WaterStories content plus news about PortSide? Follow our social media. The liveliest portal is Facebook page
Mary A. Whalen
due to how long we have developed a community there. We are on
Twitter
and
Instagram
too.
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PortSide NewYork is a living lab for better urban waterways.
We connect New Yorkers to the benefits of their waterfront, and advocate for better uses of the waterfront and waterways.
We bring the community ashore and community afloat closer together for the benefit of all. We bring WaterStories to life!
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