The project A River's Dream came to life as an idea in the year 2010, celebrated as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures by the United Nations system.

UNESCO: Culture

Hence, in the frame of the overall enlargement process of the European Union, A River's Dream intends to promote folk music, an intangible cultural heritage, as a means of reconciliation, regional and cross-border cooperation and, a vehicle of cultural identity and diversity as well as of mutual understanding.

UNESCO: Culture

On a bitterly cold January morning Spanish businessman Javier Capella sits in a warm General Growth boardroom in Chicago overlooking the river, talking about his dream to make his handbags as hot in the U.S. as they are back home.

FORBES: Good Neighbors

Major League Soccer already has scoured Manhattan in search of a site, including a dream location on Pier 40 at Houston Street and the Hudson River.

WSJ: Why Not Manhattan?