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SAT. June 6th AT 9:30 PM ON CHANNEL 34, MNN, Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Building Whitehalls
Lang on the Hudson is a boat building and river history course taught by Prof. Rob Buchanan,
at the Eugene Lang College of the New School for Liberal Arts, in New York City.
In the Floating the Apple tradition, students build a 24-foot Whitehall Gig in the workshop,
and then roll it through city streets for a spring launching at Pier 40 on the North River.
(world premiere!)
• This documentary video will soon be available at the DVD Shop
SHOWS MAY ALSO BE VIEWED LIVE, ONLINE WORLDWIDE
at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, MNN WEBSITE: www.mnn.org (click on Watch MNN Live)
a monthly public access TV video program, Around New York's Waterways
on waterfront revitalization and the environment in and around the New York harbor region.
New! • Videos Online
A TOUR OF GOVERNORS ISLAND
with Governors Island Alliance Director
ROBERT PIRANI:
click below to download quicktime movie: (takes about 4 min.)
Govs Is Tour 2
Keep The Island Afloat
Budget cutbacks threaten the closure of this
175-acre public property in New York Harbor.
Robert Pirani describes the planning process
to make the island a great multi-use civic space.
To learn more, visit: The Governors Island Alliance
This month's Featured Video:
NEW NETHERLANDS
400 Years - America's Forgotten Heritage (in two parts)
Click to Watch it here:
a video production by our associate producer, Richard Manack
in commemoration of the Hudson River Quadricentennial, 2009
Join Richard Manack, captain of the historic Dutch sailing barge, Golden Re-al for a colorful, information-packed journey on the Hudson River to explore our nation's origins as a New World Dutch colony
Greenpoint Video Project continues to produce and feature waterfront-related subjects in other boroughs, and as North River Productions, we survey what's happening around Manhattan's waterfront. Currently in production, an upcoming program documents a boat building workshop at Pier 40, in downtown New York on the Hudson River
Note: Since September, 2008, GVP has been engaged in revising its computer editing system - both hardware replacement issues, and operating system and software upgrades. Because of this, it has been necessary to learn a new and different non-linear editing system, Final Cut Pro, which promises eventual rewards in terms of advanced capability. GVP thanks you for your patience.
Our Web Movies: This year we are adding more GVP QuickTime movies! See GVP Videos Online
Waterfront Mentors
To Watch Videos online - Visit Waterfront Mentors
Innovative Ways to improve and revitalize our waterways and waterfronts.
This Month, from GVP's video archive: The Restoration of Newtown Creek
JOHN C. MUIR, founder and former director of BCUE, Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment,
suggests ways to remediate and revitalize two East River tributaries, Newtown Creek
and The Gowanus Canal.
Interactive:
Are you a regular visitor here, or just browsing? Tell us what brought you to this website, and what you find useful here. Have you watched Greenpoint Video Project productions online, or on cable television? Let us know what waterfront subjects you'd like to see documented. Do you have suggestions for this website? Do you have a waterfront related video you'd like to share here? Contact the producer, Keith Rodan at keithgreenpoint@aol.com
About GVP:
The Greenpoint Video Project, now in its 11th year, produces videos on waterfront-related subjects in North Brooklyn, and beyond, to include citywide waterfront revitalization activities, events, and organizations. In the year ahead, 2008, GVP is considering a name-change to North River Video Productions, to reflect a growing commitment to focus on waterfront revitalization on Manhattan's West Side, along the Hudson. We will continue to follow selected waterfront activity projects around the city.
Productions are broadcast on MNN, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Channel 34, at 9pm, the 3rd Monday of each month, and on BCAT, Brooklyn Community Access Television, Channel 35 or 68, at 10 pm, the 4th Thursday of each month
Help Support The Greenpoint Video Project
For the past 8 years, GVP's operating expenses have been assisted by a grant from NYCEF, the New York City Environmental Fund, as administered by the Hudson River Foundation. We are pleased to announce a continuation of that support for 2007-8. Inquires about obtaining copies of our programs on DVD and VHS, and to make tax-deductible contributions are welcome. Please contact the producer.