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NEW NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE STUDY RECOMMENDS MEASURES OUTLINED IN SCHUMER-CLINTON BILL TO CREATE HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL PARK IN AUBURN - BRINGS CITY ONE STEP CLOSER TO HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION

Article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News Article date: November 19, 2008

The office of Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the following news release:

In an endorsement of U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton's legislation to create a Harriet Tubman National Park in Auburn, the National Park Service (NPS) today released a study confirming that the city is a suitable location for a national park to preserve and promote the life of Harriet Ross Tubman. The NPS study brings the region one step closer to creating a National Park and visitor center which would help to preserve Tubman's legacy as the most famous "conductor" of the anti-slavery ...

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The Standoff Over Central Park

Posted Jun 24, 08 1:16 PM CDT in Sports,  Arts & Living,  Glossies 

The Standoff Over Central Park
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(Newser) – Central Park is an oasis in the middle of Manhattan, but it’s also an early-morning battleground. New York magazine surveys the battlefield and finds open hostility. Cyclists shake their fists in rage at headphone-impaired joggers, dogs and owners fear for life and limb at bike crossings, and everyone nurses a hatred of cars.

“Everybody knows they’re a little bit wrong here. This stuff can be fixed pretty easily if people put their heads together,” said the president of the Park Conservancy. But with the dog walkers and joggers thinking of the cyclists as “Lance Armstrong wannabes” and the cyclists thinking of the park as a “cage match,” don’t hold your breath for a meeting of the minds.

Source: New York

More about:  New York City • dog • bicycling • running • Central Park

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