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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, OCTOBER 13, 2019
would systematically address
streets across the
city...that have no accommodations
for people on bikes,”
said Danny Harris.
Harris also demanded
city to accelerate Mayor Bill
de Blasio’s ‘Green Wave’ proposal
, which would vastly
expand the city’s bike lane
network.
Hizzoner took to Twitter
on Saturday evening to
announce safety changes to
the intersection where the
boy was struck.
“The Department of
Transportation is already
making changes to the intersection
by clearing parking
spots to improve visibility,
assessing the need for
speed humps, and reviewing
if there were any prior
incidents at Foster Avenue
and Seton Place,” de Blasio
wrote .
BY ROSE ADAMS
Jitterbugs, native performers,
and local fun
seekers rang in the fall
with an annual harvest
festival at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center in Marine
Park on Sept. 8, in a event
featuring song, dance,
and good times, according
to one organizer.
“It was great,” said
Gail Kroog, who helped
organize the event with
her dance company, the
Brooklyn Dance Center.
“Over 80 people came.”
Attendees celebrated
the new season by taking
a stroll down the center’s
nature trail, which
snakes through the park
along Jamaica Bay, before
watching Brooklyn
Dance Center’s troupe
perform a modern, environmental
ly-inspired
dance.
“It’s a beautiful thing
to dance outside,” Kroog
said.
And back at the center,
Roman Redhawk Perez accompanied
by drummers
and two dancers recited
stories about the earth’s
creation, sharing the
myths developed by the
Taino people indigenous
to Carribean. After the
story, Perez conducted
an age-old blessing of the
four cardinal directions.
According to Kroog,
the event helped celebrate
the natural revival of
the salt marshes, which,
up until the early 2000s,
were dumping grounds
for abandoned cars and
garbage.
“Now it’s all cleaned
up and it’s a beautiful
reserve,” she said. “It’s
a pure example of what
humans can do to turn
around the environment.”
Roman “Redhawk” Perez recites Taino creation myths (above), while dancers partake in a blessing
of the four cardinal directions (below). Photo by Derrick Watterson
M’ Park celebrates
Harvest Fest
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