Joseph Maugeri

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3/2/14

There is now a plan to transform the depressing, neglected waterfront slice of land on the Harlem River back into a usable space for residents. Supposedly at one point, the land was used as a medium for residential water-sports and other recreational. But once the industrial revolution begun affecting the city, the land was used in less fun ways. According to nycedc.com, the land was affected by rail maintenance, heavy industrial facilities and power generation.

Then it became what is known as a brown field, which is a land previously used for industrial or commercial use. It currently doesn’t look like a fun place to hang out.

Sherman Creek

However, Constance Haydock seems to have some of the savoir-faire and her knowledge would lend itself to a project like this. Her ideas of landscape architecture could be implemented to create a sustainable, beautiful and practical.

Sherman Creek lies along the Harlem River within the neighborhood of Inwood, in Upper Manhattan. Once a hub for water-related recreational activities, Sherman Creek began to change in the early 1900s with the arrival of power generation, rail maintenance, and heavy industrial facilities to the area. Hopefully with the support of the people, and apparently Bette Midler, the land will be developed into a park to be enjoyed for generations.