Former EPA Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia Considers Environmental Justice
Lisa Garcia spent her summers in the South Bronx, where playgrounds had more cracked pavement and asphalt than grass. She considered herself outdoorsy, despite the unconventional outdoors in the working-class neighborhood of Soundview.
Literally no one I grew up with knew that there was actually a Bronx River.
The 24-mile Bronx River, New York City's only freshwater stream, runs beneath the Bruckner Expressway and Sheridan Boulevard, parallel to the Bronx Parkway. Green spaces were scarce, squeezed between concrete.
Author's summary: Lisa Garcia reflects on her childhood in the South Bronx.
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