Newtown Creek Nature Walk Virtual Tour

The Nature Walk is a public esplanade that wraps the waterfront edge of the city’s largest wastewater resource recovery facility, located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

NYC Water Staff
NYC Water
1 min readJul 16, 2021

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Director of Public Design Outreach Alicia West and environmental artist George Trakas at the Nature Walk in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

On July 22 at 5pm, our Director of Public Design Outreach Alicia West and environmental artist George Trakas will conduct a a virtual walking tour of the newly expanded Newtown Creek Nature Walk. This will be an opportunity to:

  • learn directly from artist George Trakas about the inspiration and construction of the New York City’s largest Percent for Art commission
  • see the transformation of the Newtown Creek waterfront since the 1990s
  • discover the details of the Nature Walk in preparation for your own in-person visit
  • participate in a live Q&A with the artist following the virtual tour

The virtual walking tour will be hosted by Untapped New York Insiders. It is free to Insider members and if you are a member, you can register here. If you are not an Insider member, and interested to join, use the code JOINUS to sign up to be an Insider and you’ll receive free a one-month membership.

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NYC Water Staff
NYC Water

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