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an opportunity for the Bloomberg administration, the M.T.A. and the Paterson administration to advance a “transit-oriented development.” This is the kind of development — walkable, easily accessible to the transit system, mixed-use — that makes sense in a world of escalating oil prices and global climate change.

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As the last huge undeveloped waterfront parcel in Manhattan, this property was ripe for thoughtful development. The mix of housing, offices, commercial space, parks and cultural facilities currently proposed are an attractive and exciting mix of uses that will cause less traffic problems than the original concept of a new stadium for the Jets.

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Right now there are at least four great places where you can plunge into the Hudson: Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson (Westchester County), Kingston Point Park in Kingston (Ulster County) and Ulster Landing Park in the Town of Ulster (also Ulster County). While there also are informal swimming spots, these venues not only offer sandy beaches for sunbathing (and castle-making) but qualified lifeguards.

For something a little different, take a dip in the River Pool at Beacon in Dutchess County. A throwback to the floating bathhouses common in American and European riverfront cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the pool provides an enclosed space surrounded by netting through which the river flows

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