Welcome to the blog and online site of Outside New YorkTM.
Outside New York is a small planning and project management firm offering a broad range of services including, public involvement and outreach, waterfront planning and design, government relations and communications, and fundraising. With clients ranging from small companies to non-profits to educational institutions, Outside New York (ONY) brings deep understanding of the issues, diverse experience with potential solutions, and constructive working relationships with many public and private waterfront stakeholders and decision-makers.
2009-2010
Outside New York developed and supervised the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School’s first complete on-water programs on Governors Island during their first two summer sessions, of 2009 and 2010. These courses included waterfront safety, navigation, rowing, sailing, kayaking, boat handling, aquaculture, and commercial vessel operations for 60 students over 4-week summer sessions. As part of this work, Outside New York developed the school’s communication and safety protocols for Governors Island-based on-water programs.
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ABOUT THIS BLOG
I started this blog in 2009, not long after I realized the greatest challenge to a civil society is getting people to be comfortable outside, and often, where the unpredictable interactions between us, and between people and nature help to keep us on our toes.
We all retreat into the comforts of our own home. Other “private” or personal spaces include our offices, the soliloquoy of our headphones, our virtual existence on line, the insulation of heated and air conditioned spaces, even the protection of our automobiles.
What I think we need to stay civilized is to get more people outside: outside of their usual comfort zones, outside of the confines of their own spaces, and outside in the elements where we can reconnect with this great planet. The earth, wind, water and sky are fundamental elements of our existence that too many of us have lost touch with. Only when you are outside in New York, or outside of New York can you really feel the connection between yourself and the wide, world around you. Welcome to Outside New York!
The Gates, Central Park
