Little Amal Reawakens Push for Waterfront Park
Mott Haven Herald
By: Jonathan Pulla
A ten-year-old girl’s quest to deliver a symbolic yellow paper fish to the Harlem River, followed by a marching crowd waving blue streamer kites and wearing fish paper hats, highlighted the local outcry for a riverfront park, when a special guest visited the South Bronx on Sunday.
A global emblem for human rights, the 12-foot Syrian refugee puppet named Little Amal made a stop at the Port Morris waterfront, reigniting the community’s push to provide public access to the river and much needed open park space. The crowd of supporters marched with Little Amal from 140th Street to Lincoln Avenue between the Third and Willis Avenue bridges, as part of her New York City tour.
“It’s a good initiative,” said Adam Díaz, 33, a Mexican immigrant who walked with his nephew. “It’ll be good to have a park [for] the children [so] they can cool off during the summer,” he said in Spanish.
