We are just beginning to see the results of the long and successful effort to reclaim the Hudson River waterfront for public use in the river-front gardens and promenades of Lower Manhattan and the tree- and rose-lined bicycle and running paths that have transformed the water's edge on West Street.

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Girls with cheeks smeared with thanaka (sun block made from ground tree bark) balance two to a bicycle.

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