Sunday, December 20, 2009

Alan Chartock, President of WAMC, Joins Quadricentennial Effort to Honor Folk Legend Pete Seeger

With the advice and abutment of Congressman Maurice Hinchey of the 22nd commune of New York and abounding others, Alan Chartock and the aggregation at WAMC Northeast Public Radio accept appear their abutment in allotment the new "Walkway Over The Hudson" afterwards allegorical folk-singer, environmentalist, and Hudson Valley citizen Pete Seeger. The "Pete Seeger Walkway Over The Hudson" is to be a clean of one of the oldest railroad bridges in New York.

-- With the advice and abutment of Congressman Maurice Hinchey of the 22nd commune of New York and abounding others, Alan Chartock and the aggregation at WAMC Northeast Public Radio accept appear their abutment in allotment the new "Walkway Over The Hudson" afterwards allegorical folk-singer, environmentalist, and Hudson Valley citizen Pete Seeger. The "Pete Seeger Walkway Over The Hudson" is to be a clean of one of the oldest railroad bridges in New York.

Alan Chartock, President of WAMC stated, "I can't anticipate of anyone who deserves to be accustomed by all of this added than Pete. I accept this is accurate not alone because he has done added to accompany the Hudson aback to activity than anyone else, but for all the added things he has done for all of us. In a way, we are all his children. We accept abstruse from him and we adulation him."

The "Walkway Over the Hudson" activity will transform an abandoned railroad arch into a beeline esplanade and trailway alternating the Hudson River abutting the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County with the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County, New York. When completed, it will accommodate acceptance to the Hudson River's breathtaking mural and affix communities on both abandon of the river. The activity charcoal on agenda for achievement in September 2009 in time for the 400th celebration of Henry Hudson's boating up the river. For added information, amuse appointment http://www.walkway.org.

Congressman Hinchey added, "I anticipate allotment the aisle for Pete Seeger provides a bright compassionate of aggregate that he's done and all of the debt we accept to him and all of the acknowledgment we charge to put out to him for all of the admirable things that he's done. I don't apperceive of anyone who has fabricated a added cogent addition to the advance of the Hudson River over the advance of the endure forty years than has Pete Seeger."

Since Chartock and Hinchey discussed the abstraction on a WAMC account and afresh on WAMC's Roundtable affairs yesterday, the base has been inundated with emails and buzz calls of support. There accept been offers to alpha address drives, buzz campaigns and e-blasts to accomplish abiding that the bequest of this abundant American figure is remembered way accomplished his 90th birthday, accepting acclaimed during the Quadricentennial year of New York's waterways.

"I am amorous about this idea," added Alan Chartock, "I couldn't anticipate of a bigger way of anniversary Pete at 90 who has done added to apple-pie up the Hudson than any added animal being."

For added advice analysis out Alan's blog, alanchartock.wordpress.com, area Alan will be befitting anybody adapted on the advance of this project.

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