Series III. Waterfronts, Waterways, and Waterborne Transportation, 1943-2005 (bulk 1971-2005), inclusive
Scope and Contents
Series III covers much of Eugenia Flatow's work concerning waterfront development and revitalization, the improvement of water quality and waterborne transportation, and the study of how environmental factors affect New York City's water supply. These materials primarily consist of correspondence, research files, surveys, reports, and published materials. For more information regarding Flatow's water-related work, see Series IV. Organizational Records.
Arrangement
Series III is organized in four subseries:
Subseries III.A. General Files, 1973-2000
Subseries III.B. Water Quality, 1975-2005
Subseries III.C. Combined Sewer Overflows, 1988-1999
Subseries III.D. Published Materials, 1943-2001 (bulk 1971-1999)
Subseries III.A. General Files, 1973-2000, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.A. includes files that chronicle Eugenia Flatow's water-related work. These materials primarily consist of research on waterborne transportation, reports on waterfront development and activity, and documents that detail how climate change and other environmental concerns affect water quality in New York City.
Arrangement
Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically.
Beach Use and User Constraints in the New York City Coastal Region (report), 1979, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bring Sailing Back, Inc., 1975-1977, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Climate Change, circa 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Coastal Nonpoint Program (report), circa 1991, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Demonstration of a Coordinative Mechanism for Waterfront-related Planning (draft), 1977, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Design for Boating, undated, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The East River Tidal Barrage (preprint), 1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Energy, 1978-1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
An Evaluation of New York State's Tidal Wetlands Program (report), 1987, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harlem River, 1987-1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homeport, 1984-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hudson River, 1989-1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marine Environments, circa 1989, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minimizing Risks and Sharing Liability from Application of Sludge and Sludge By-Products on Agricultural Land (report), 1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Maritime Historical Society, 1982-1986, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 20, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Native Species Planting Guide for New York City and Vicinity, 1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Natural Areas Refuges, 1988, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York City Water and Sewer System (financial report), 1997, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York State Maritime Museum, 1973, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nitrogen, circa 1990s, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
North River, 1991-1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notebooks, circa 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pesticides Research Strategy (draft), 1983, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pilot Schooner, circa 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Port Authority Fishport, 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Proposal for the Development of a Low-cost Riverfront Swimming Pool Prototype, circa 1976, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pursuing Beneficial Uses of Sludge (conference), 1992, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Queens, 1974-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Safeguarding the Kensico: A Low-Impact Alternative Plan, 2000, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shore Walkers, 1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Staten Island (2 Folders), 1975-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Still at Risk (report), circa 1995, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Report on the Oversight Hearing Held by the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Long Island Sound on the Oil Spill Prevention and Contingency Act of 1990.
Task 524.01, undated, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Task 524.01 required the screening of waterfront activities, as related to water quality objectives. This report documents changes along waterfront areas, projected developments, and the change or impact resulting from those developments.
Transportation Access, 1975-1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tributary Studies, 1978, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Water Authority, 1979-1982, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Water Resources Institute, 1979-1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Waterfront Revitalization (2 Folders), 1980-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Weatherization (2 Folders), circa 1980s, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 26-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Famous Sailing Ships (prints), 1986, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 21, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries III.B. Water Quality, 1975-2005, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.B. consists of surveys and reports concerning the water quality of the New York Harbor. There are also materials related to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the bulk of which document the activities of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). The NYC Department of Water Resources and the Department of City Planning formed CAC to carry out the statutory requirement for public participation in water quality planning.
Arrangement
Materials in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Section 208 (2 Folders), 1975-1980, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Jersey Alliance for Action, 1983-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey, 1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Summary of Water Quality Data for the Summers of 1984 and 1985, 1986, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gateway National Recreation Area, Bacteriological Water Quality Five Year Trend Analysis 1984-1988, 1989, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thirsty City: A Plan of Action for New York City Water Supply, 1986, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Water-Watchers: A Citizens Guide to New York City Water Supply, 1987, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conference on the Impacts of New York Harbor Development on Aquatic Resources, 1987, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Water for a Thirsty City, 1992, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The State of The City's Waters, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CAPA Regulations, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey Executive Summary, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey Appendices, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Survey Executive Summary, 1998, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Harbor Water Quality Regional Report, 1998, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2001 New York Harbor Water Quality Report, 2001, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2003 New York Harbor Water Quality Report, 2003, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2005 New York Harbor Water Quality Report, 2005, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries III.C. Combined Sewer Overflows, 1988-1999, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.C. includes correspondence, meeting minutes, progress summaries, and drafts of reports related to the management of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). Many of these records document the activities of the New York Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), which was part of a citywide effort to abate CSOs in the East River, Inner Harbor, Outer Harbor, and Jamaica Bay.
Arrangement
Materials in this subseries are arranged in the order they arrived in.
Jamaica Bay (2 Folders), 1989-1992, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 21-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
East River (3 Folders), 1988-1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 23-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Inner Harbor (3 Folders), 1989-1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 26-28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Outer Harbor (2 Folders), 1990-1992, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 22, Folder: 29-30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CSO's (2 Folders), 1988-1999, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CSO 95/96 (2 Folders), 1995-1996, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CSO 1997 (3 Folders), 1997, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CSO Programs, 1985-1995, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries III.D. Published Materials, 1943-2001 (bulk 1971-1999), inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.D. contains printed matter related to waterborne transportation and the development of the New Jersey and New York waterfronts. The bulk of the material consists of reports and brochures published by agencies such as the New York City Department of Ports and Terminals, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and the New York City Department of City Planning.
Arrangement
Materials in this series are arranged chronologically.
Roots in the Earth, 1943, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Lower Hudson, 1966 December, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Year of the Whale, 1969, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Waterfront: Supplement to Plan For New York City, 1971, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York City Waterfront: A Comprehensive Planning Workshop, 1974, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York City Waterfront: A Multimedia Interdisciplinary Discovery Approach (3 Folders), 1974, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 14-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Crossing the Sound: A Study of Improved Ferry Service on Long Island Sound, 1975, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Liberty Park, circa 1976, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ship Souvenir Programs, circa 1976, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reviving the Urban Waterfront, circa 1977, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Second Wave and Other Tales, circa 1977-1978, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Oxygen Depletion and Associated Benthic Mortalities in New York Bight, 1976, 1979 December, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Issues and Options in Regional Water Supply, 1979, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Please Go Near the Water: A Marine Field Trip Manual, 1980, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 23, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On the Waterfront and Other Tales of New York Industry, 1980, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Waterfront Revitalization: New York City Waterfront Revitalization Program (2 Folders), 1982, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
What's Happening on the Waterfront, 1983, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Legal Foundations of Environmental Planning, 1983, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brooklyn Reports, circa 1983-1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Neptune's Revenge: The Ocean of Tomorrow, 1984, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
From Holystones to Gantry Cranes: A Brief History of the Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, circa 1984-1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Saving Water from the Ground Up, 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Jersey: The Maritime State, circa 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
America's Coasts: Progress and Promise, circa 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Neighborhood: The Journal for City Preservation, 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
River City (report), 1985, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City's Waterfront: A Plan for Development, 1986, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wastes in Marine Environments, 1987 April, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grand Slam Victory for Conservation! CEE Scores Major Successes on 4 Fronts, 1987 September, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
America's Wetlands: Our Vital Link Between Land and Water, 1988 February, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Future of New York City's Waterfront, 1989, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Greenhouse Effect: How It Can Change Our Lives, 1989 January/February, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Wasted Ocean, 1989, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Vision for the Hudson River Waterfront Park, 1990, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Records of New Jersey Birds, 1991, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Plans for the Waterfront (3 Folders), 1993, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 23-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
This file contains plans for the Queens, Bronx, and Manhattan waterfronts published by the New York City Department of City Planning.
The Public Trust Doctrine On Long Island: Public and Private Rights in Coastal Areas, 1994, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reclaiming the Waterfront: A Planning Guide for Waterfront Municipalities, 1996, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Port Guide NY/NJ, 1996, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Investing in the Waterfront: New York City's Waterfront Revitalization Program, 1997, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Culture of Mismanagement: Environmental Protection and Enforcement at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 1997, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Under Attack: New York's Kensico and West Branch Reservoirs Confront Intensified Development, 1999 February, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Rare Plant: Propagation Project, 2001 July, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 24, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)