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Day embarked on a journey as a young single woman moving onto a houseboat at the 79th Street Boat Basin, where she met her husband who lived on the boat next door. The river is where they would ...
On a recent evening in June, the sun was sinking over the Hudson River and the few dozen boats docked at the 79th Street Boat Basin bobbed in a light breeze. A handful of them are residential ...
They live year-round in the 79th Street Boat Basin, enduring choppy seas, frozen pipes, and spotting the occasional floating corpse. They've also fought for the right to stay in their unusual ...
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC)’s replacement dock house at the 79th Street Boat Basin finally found its sea legs. The old one — a Dickensian 1,000-square-foot shack on a ...
a body washed up near the north dock of the boat basin at West 79th Street around 1 p.m. The police blocked off the path by the Hudson River, creating a logjam of bicyclists, joggers, and walkers.
They live year-round in the 79th Street Boat Basin,... For nearly half a century, New York City has been home to a hearty band of house-boaters. They live year-round in the 79th Street Boat Basin ...
The 79th Street Boat Basin's "A-dock" was already deteriorating before the storm and was destroyed during it. The dock was originally built back in the '30s and was made mostly out of wood.
As a 36-year resident of the 79th Street Boat Basin, Dr. Leslie Day came to know the diversity of the city’s natural world. Here are 10 secrets of the West Side Highway, including a look into ...