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Floating the Apple

   

In the warmer weather months when the sun is beating down on the New York City pavement and your body is being cooked from all angles, it is often difficult to remember that Manhattan is an island with easily accessible bodies of water.  Most people escape the city to avoid the heat and try to take advantage of natural surroundings elsewhere.  That is why the community-based organization Floating the Apple is working to alter New Yorkers’ impression of their island by promoting easy access to some of New York City’s greatest prized possessions.  Floating the Apple is a non-profit group located in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and it has been in existence for over a decade.  Their Pier 84 location houses several 25-foot long row boats, which the students from the local High School of Graphic Arts work to maintain.  All you need to do is make an appointment with Floating the Apple, and you and a couple of friends can take out a row boat on the Hudson River for FREE!  The members of the Hell’s Kitchen community work together to maintain this one of a kind opportunity because it’s not often that New Yorkers get to experience Manhattan from its waterways.  Follow show host Shirley as she speaks with Floating the Apple naval instructor Robert Skibar!   

Floating the Apple
400 West 43rd Street, 10019
http://www.floatingtheapple.org/

 

What are some other fun outdoor activities that you enjoy doing in New York City?

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5 Comments

  • By Mike – 05-23-09 at 2:55 pm

    Hi, nice posts there 🙂 thank’s for the interesting information

  • By Kalebarkab – 06-09-09 at 11:55 am

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  • By Yasin – 07-03-09 at 8:43 am

    Definitely checking this out within the next 2 weeks. I was trying to remember the name/place!

  • By Neil – 12-29-09 at 11:19 am

    Shirley is very adorable!!!

  • By Timothy Mack – 05-02-10 at 7:40 pm

    Governors Island is a summer Treasure
    Friday Sat Sunday.

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