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Thank you so much for your comment and for this information about the Nereid’s earlier days. I will make the corrections you suggest forthwith.

Mary Bruno

Thank you so much for your comment and for this information about the Nereid’s earlier days. I will make the corrections you suggest forthwith.

Mary Bruno

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Larry

As for an 11-acre park, at the last meeting of the Newark Riverfront Development Framework, the City had hired a consultant who was testing the see how the community would react to development on the Passaic and the park be damned. Plants were placed in the meeting either by the consultant or the City to advocate riverfront development to defray the cost of the park maintenance. Other city parks are not being subjected to the same requirement, which to me, means that the City is prejudiced against the Ironbound section. If Mr. Whitaker did his reasearch, he would have seen that the Ironbound is all ready heavily developed and does not need more development. The City had all ways said that there would be no development on the riverfront only a park and it appears that the City is reneging on its prior commitment.

Essex County has recently created a new county park near the Essex County Court House which is the first county park in years. It seems that the county knows how to acquire money to acquire land as opposed to the City which seems incapable to do the same. No one is worrying about the cost of upkeep on that park but the riverfront park is subjected to a different standard. Remember in this tough economic time both the city and the county are having financial problems but the county seems to be better qualified to handle the problems. If that is the case, then the City should legally surrender the development of the riverfront park to the county and allow their experts to develop the park as only a park. There were many perfectly good economic suggestions made to see the park develop as an economic benefit to the City. It appears that the City, its consultant and its employees were not listening or decided not to listen or that they lack the abilities to do the job correctly. Maybe Mr. Whitaker should come to the Ironbound and speak to its residents before he make anymore irresponsible statements.

Ed Marchese
President, Passaic River Boat Club

Harvey Morginstin, PE September 2009

“Mankind has always looked to the sea with trepidation and awe. The sight of open water is mesmerizing and activity on the water be it waves or sailing ships, heightens our interest. We leave this view with sadness hoping to return again and again.” Harvey Morginstin

The general tendency of mankind has been to provide public access from the land to the water. Even Roman law set aside the waters edge for use by the general public. This exists to this day in the form of riparian rights. Great architectural detail of design for walkways and public waterfront parks are common. Manhattan is a case in point, with ample waterfront walkways and bike paths along the Hudson and East rivers for the public. Chicago, Boston and Pittsburgh have extensive walkways on the waterfront.

What is generally missing from the achievements of public access is access from the water to the land. All too often waterfront developers and city planners seem to think that waterfront “access” is merely a finely paved pedestrian walkway lined with paving blocks and landscaping with a great variety of colorful flowers. Certainly there are also many commercial uses of waterfront property such as ferry terminals and very private, exclusive and expensive marinas. Public access via commercial ferries is a terrific addition to the transportation system. But there is also a need for private vessels to also be accommodated. It should be just as convenient to take your boat to a waterfront site as it is to drive there in your car. Just imagine the public’s reaction if all public travel was only allowed by mass transportation. Yet that is the general situation when water travel is concerned.

Public access to and from the water for private vessels of all sizes requires careful city planning in order to expand the outlook beyond the water’s edge to the water itself.

The addition of public floating docks and walkways from the docks to the shore will provide both a means and justification for the transient boater to visit the local area by water and not travel there by car. Thus sufficient dock space will be needed for such visitors, visiting by boat. For high usage areas these new floating docks could be equipped with parking meters that accept credit cards. If the meters were placed 20 feet apart, then a 60-foot vessel would have to pay at 3 meters. Kayaks could be brought ashore and secured to suitably designed racks.

Any small boat, sailboat, cabin cruiser, canoe or kayak should have a place to safely land, tie up and allow the passengers come ashore. This requires many floating docks and access gangways from the dock to the land. Very few such facilities exist in our major cities

Local and area residents, young and old, will certainly enjoy fishing from these docks. Therefore the end of the dock should be equipped with suitable features to accommodate fishing needs. Benches and tables for the general public’s use should also be supplied.

The economic benefits to the local municipality that has implemented a boater friendly waterfront redevelopment plan will be substantial. Boaters from around the metropolitan area will now have the necessary facilities to visit the local area and bring a fresh infusion of spenders.

Allowing boaters to come by boat and safely tie up at a municipal marina would provide boating visitors with the opportunity to enjoy local entertainment venues such as ballparks, theater and area restaurants.

Many floating docks are needed along the shorelines of our towns and cities so as to be in walking distance of city and town public gathering places.

Docks should be ADA compliant and have adequate lighting. Security monitoring can be achieved by closed circuit TV of dock areas with high usage could be supplemented with paid uniformed marina attendants. This would be a great summer job opportunity for the student population.

The public enjoys parks and water walkways. To gaze out over the water is very soothing to the spirit. And having the added benefit of watching recreational boat traffic cruise on the waterway increases the interests of onlookers.

If planners are going to do something for the local community through their efforts to redevelop the city’s waterfront then their foresight, vision, and planning should result in their doing it “right” the first time. Looking at the waterfront improvement to bring the public to the water is only half the design; the finishing touch is to have a design that allows those already on the water to have access to the land.