Green Space and Health Linked in Vision for South Bronx
The Wall Street Journal
By Corinne Ramey
Network of parks, pedestrian paths and streetscapes planned for area in the Mott Haven and Port Morris neighborhoods of South Bronx
Near the East 132nd Street pier in the South Bronx, where passersby see a trash-strewn, chain-link fence, Casey Peterson envisions a waterfront trail.
If the initiative she is working on comes to fruition, the pier and surrounding neighborhoods will house not just industry, but green spaces and recreational paths—and make residents measurably healthier in the process.
