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On
September 17, 2005, over 125 people from Astoria and Long Island
City along with friends from the rest of NYC came together to clean
up our shoreline. We collected over 130 bags of garbage, 25 shopping
carts, 15 bicycles, and a dumpster-load of other debris in
conjunction with the American Littoral Society's Coastal Cleanup
Day. This amazing project is only one event hosted by a growing
collaborative of local people dedicated to improving our waterfront
parks, waterways, and waterfront as a whole.
With the
support of the Astoria/Long Island City Catalyst Project of
Partnerships for Parks, Astoria Residents Reclaiming Our World
(ARROW), City Year New York, Friends of Queensbridge Park Committee,
Goodwill of Greater New York and New Jersey, Greater Astoria
Historical Society, Long Island City Community Boathouse,
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Phoenix House, Socrates Sculpture
Park, and The Brain Bridge, the event was a huge success! Check out
our links page for more info about project partners.
Congratulations to all participants. We hope you'll join us
to plan other wonderful programs and activities for the area.
*A special thank you to all those who donated photos for
this site!
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