2024-12-22T03:25:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150344245/new-york-city-announces-major-new-harlem-river-greenway-in-the-bronx Josh Niland 2023-03-28T13:47:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2fac805e41d530c78b487236a478188f.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new greenway project expected to make over a corridor of the Harlem River between the Bronx and Upper Manhattan was announced recently by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1877633/mayor-eric-adams" target="_blank">New York Mayor Eric Adams</a>, adding an important new cog in his administration&rsquo;s &lsquo;20-20 Vision Zero&rsquo; plan that aims to improve and increase pedestrian access across the city.</p> <p>The project will take shape over the next decade and will bring better bicycle pathways to several bridges in the seven-mile-long area. The plan calls for nodes at Van Cortlandt Park to the north and Randall&rsquo;s Island to the south. The city will commence a <a href="https://nycdotprojects.info/greenways" target="_blank">public engagement process</a> beginning April 18th and says it is an important step in reconnecting communities that have been divided by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150280405/researchers-call-for-dismantling-of-racist-infrastructure-to-improve-u-s-neighborhoods" target="_blank">the Federal highway system</a> since the 1930s.</p> <p>&ldquo;This administration continues to deliver for all five boroughs, and expanding the Harlem River Greenway to the Bronx is a huge win for equity and justice,&rdquo; Mayor Adams said at a press conference. &ldquo;Our administration is leading the way in undoing the...</p>