Friday, July 10, 2015
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx
Today, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) unveiled a master plan to design, build, and fund a new network of connected open spaces that will improve quality of life and deliver measurable health benefits for South Bronx residents with parks, tree-lined streets, public art, bike lanes, and waterfront access.
Known as the Haven Project, the new vision for the South Bronx neighborhoods of Mott Haven and Port Morris was designed with community and health partners to promote physical activity, improve pedestrian safety, and increase social interaction in neighborhoods saddled with some of the city’s heaviest industrial uses and suffering from high rates of poverty, diabetes, asthma and obesity. The project is deliberate in making an active lifestyle a part of everyday life....