WaterWire: The Next Generation – From Education to Engineering

Meet AECOM, a Far-Reaching Hero of the Harbor 

AECOM is a provider of architecture, design, engineering, and construction services to clients around the world. In the metropolitan region, AECOM deeply influences multiple waterfront projects. It is for this reason…

Twenty-Eight Miles to Circumnavigate Manhattan; 29 If You Zigzag 

In 2002, Jerry Blackstone kayaked around the island of Manhattan for the first time. It’s a 28-mile trip; “29 if you zigzag,” he said. He was hooked. What a fantastic way to see the city.

…Capt. Jonathan Boulware, the museum’s 42-year-old executive director, who has worked most of his life aboard a boat… is squarely focused on the idea of community—both in terms of the museum visitor’s experience and in positioning his institution as the jewel of a rapidly changing historical district in lower Manhattan….

The Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2015

New Jersey’s widely debated $225 million settlement of a pollution lawsuit with Exxon Mobil Corporation was approved…

The New York Times, August 25, 2015

New Jersey rail commuters have at least a 10-year wait for a faster trip under the Hudson River to Manhattan. Ferries could do much of the job right now…

Bloomberg Business, August 14, 2015

U.S. Coast Guard Deputy Captain Tom Morkan, Deputy Sector Commander of the Port of New York, praised the work of the…

Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 2015