This weekend, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance City of Water Day will be sponsoring celebrations and activities all around the harbor. Festivities will be held at Governor’s Island, New York and in Liberty State Park on the New Jersey side as well at 25 other locations throughout the harbor.
City of Water Day 2013 – Join the Fun!
Check out some of what is going on:
- Free boat tours – reserve your tickets today
- Stand-up paddle boarding by REI at Liberty State Park
- Ecology, water, and environmental projects for kids
- Live oysters in an estuarium tank
- Kids’ experiments with solar panels and mini-solar race cars
- Disney’s TRYathlon – a one-of-a-kind TRYathlon that tests their skills, fosters teamwork, and allows them to discover new ways to challenge themselves.
- Play games in the Brooklyn Nets’ Experience, an interactive mobile unit
- Improv workshops for kids
- Learn how to pitch a tent and use a spotting scope at Liberty State Park
- Exhibits and games in Sims Municipal Recycling’s Recyclarium
- Outrigger canoe training for novice paddlers at Governors Island