By: Stephen Kahn How far and wide this city stretches is…? I can’t quite think of the right word to describe it. Give me a few minutes. I spent my first summer in New York last year, when the weather was nearly unbearable, especially with no AC unit. The only thing I had was a [...]
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19 Aug
Irresistable NYC
By Aylin Gucalp Last fall, I went away for my freshman year of college. As a born and raised New Yorker, I left fearless that I could live anywhere, even as people mocked my ability to survive let alone live in a rural setting. My new home was Ithaca, NY. As I soon learned, Ithaca may [...]
10 Aug
Putting the Green Back in the Concrete Jungle
By Alyson Bonura The concept of urban farming has become pretty familiar to most New Yorkers. There are many small ones scattered throughout the five boroughs, whether they be on people’s rooftops or right on the street where any community member can gain access to them. This summer I had the pleasure of interning at [...]
2 Aug
Sounds of Summer
By Elike Kumahia Jazz-a-ma-tazz’s swinging grooves, Oran Etkin’s worldly rhythms, and the Pickney Players island-soaked melodies, along with great music and stories by other artists served as the soundtrack for my summer with the SummerStage Kids. The two months I spent in New York City, while devoted to securing and working an internship, was [...]
29 Jul
Capturing a Summer
By Kat Rodriguez I never realized how much the City Parks Foundation has intertwined with my life, but it seems that every summer we have some sort of connection. Throughout my high school years I would attend the free Tennis Lessons at McKinley Park in Brooklyn. Last year I attended a Summer Stage Concert which [...]
27 Jul
Green Girls: Learning how to Preserve NYC
City Parks Foundation is proud to have the “Green Girls” from the Green Girls Summer Institute (a CPF education program) guest blog for us during their 3 week program. 7/18/2011: Time Warner and the Union Square Farmers Market Angelica Chery and Semecca Suber Today we visited the Time Warner office building, where we learned about [...]
26 Jul
A new perspective
By Alex Paans Being an Economics and Spanish major, I applied to be a PR and Marketing Intern to try something new. It was a field I didn’t really know too well and hadn’t been exposed to in school but something that I had always wondered about and had interest in. So when I was [...]
6 Jul
Small town NC to Brownsville BK, an intern journey
By Brittany Cadwallader As a girl from small town Mint Hill, North Carolina, I had no idea what I would experience when I accepted a PR and Marketing internship with City Parks Foundation and SummerStage. In my mind I’d be seeing some great concerts and experiencing some cool places in the city while getting to [...]
28 Jun
New Life for Brownsville Kids and Community
By Brittany Cadwallader In just a few short months the Abib Newborn Learning Garden has sprouted up from this… to this… We “planted” this learning garden with our friends at ING for kids in Brownsville to have the opportunity to make their community a more beautiful place. From the opening of the garden itself, these kids have [...]
25 Mar
City Parks Foundation to Preview 2011 SummerStage Line-up through Twitter
For the first time ever, City Parks Foundation will announce a portion of its upcoming 26th SummerStage season through the social networking site Twitter. Starting April 1st at 12:00 PM, one SummerStage performance will be announced each day for twenty days, culminating in the full season announcement of over 300 artists at over 100 performances [...]
