Urban Waterfront Guides
Going Coastal New York City', now in its 2nd edition, is a guide to waterfront access in the five boroughs of New York. The guidebook informs residents and visitors alike about the recreational, NYC’s 578 miles of shoreline and outlines ways for them to participate in the preservation and restoration of the waterfront. The book is published by Fordham University Press (2009) and available online and in bookstores.
Going Coastal Boston is in production, due for release summer 2011.
Going Coastal also restores to print books that inform people about urban waterfronts. A Maritime History of New York originally compiled by the Work Progress Administration- WPA Writers’ Project, first published in 1941. Going Coastal's efforts to make the book available were acknowledged in Proclamations issued by both the Mayor’s Office and the City Council. The book is available online at Amazon.com and for free download at goingcoastal.org.
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