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Interesting Newport Walks/Drives: Cliff Walk Ten Mile Drive [Ocean Drive] |
HARBOR WALK
Earth Day ... One Day to Make a Park
There they launched an Earth Day clean up, rebuilt the park, and established the Newport Waterfront Walk link between Coddington Wharf and the Wellington Condos Right of Way. For the last 20 years this link had existed on paper but prior construction debris, lack of public awareness, and an old rusted fence obstructed walkers from enjoying this quiet area of the harbor.
The Wellington Condo Right of Way had been established specifically for the Harbor Walk in the early 1980s but for a variety of reasons the walk remained on the back burner.
Coddington Wharf Park, originally established at the end of Coddington Wharf just 18 years ago, was is sad shape. The two planters were overgrown with weeds, the brick patio was broken up and bricks were missing, the 18-year-old benches were broken, the trees were somewhat askew, the ornamental pilings at the end of the patio were completely rotted away, there were bricks and rugs in the driftway, and old barbed wire at the top of a nearby fence was rusted, broken and hanging menacingly.
Everything didn't get done on Earth Day, but the group did mulch the planters with a half truck load of mulch, removed weeds, replaced the ornamental pilings, squared off the bricks and replaced the missing ones with a truck load of gravel, took out a 10-ft section of badly rusted fence and barbed wire obstructing the right of way, gathered nearly a truck load of trash including old tires and rugs, took out about 200 sq. ft. of grass and weeds to establish the gravel link between the Wellington Right of Way and the Coddington Wharf Park, planted flowers, swept up, were presented with a great Earth Day t-shirt from Timberland, and had lots of fun, pizza and croissants [this is Newport after all]. New benches are on their way, more flowers when it gets a little warmer, Harbor Walk directional signs, replanting of grass and a new gravel path are all planned for later this year.
Friends of the Waterfront thanks all the volunteers and people who helped this launch get going. The following photos and partial list of names show who did it and how it got done.
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| The Earth Day
Team ... Volunteers and Contributors FOW Event Coordinators: Dave Wixted and John Dalessio |
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Michael Alexander |
City Year Young Heroes |
Protect public access to the water; Preserve historical uses and rights
of way, and Help foster the development of the waterfront in ways
that maximize public access. Friends of the Waterfront web sites include:
CliffWalk.com,
NewportHarborWalk.com,
TenMileDrive.com, and
NewportWaterfront.org. We are always looking for volunteer help with our mission tasks. Contact the President
NewportHarborWalk.com v.6.1.2004 copyright ©, Friends of the Waterfront, Inc., PO Box 932, Newport, RI 02840
Web Master Vic Farmer, WebGhosts, Editorial Credits to Liz Mathinos, Amity Mack, Dave Wixted, and Vic Farmer. Map credit to Linnea Amtson
This Newport Harbor Walk web site is still under construction. We welcome information or photos anyone would like to share with Newport's Friends of the Waterfront for possible inclusion into this site. Contact Vic Farmer