#mitchell silver

New Red Hook Skate Park Coming – Design Released (2018)

proposed design as of 9/15/2018

Harold Ickes Playground in Red Hook Brooklyn is undergoing planning to have a new cement skate park built by 2021. The .7 acre space has been approved by Brooklyn Community Board 6 with a budget of around  $3-5 million to cover the skate park and surrounding amenities (climbing boulders, park seating, game tables and decorative landscaping).

proposed design as…

Staten Island opens $112M track and field complex, first to get international certification

Staten Island is ready to take its place as one of the premier track and field destinations in the nation.

The long-awaited $112 million Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex opened on Thursday — the first U.S. indoor track facility to be certified by the International Association of Athletics Federation.

“This is where national records can be set,” said IAAF member David Katz.

“This…

The Veterans of History: A Young Person’s History of the Jews by Mitchell Silver

The book at Amazon

A compelling narrative of Jewish history from Biblical times to the present day. Written for young adults, it provides the historical basis for an exploration of Jewish identity rooted in Jewish cultural literacy and traditions of social justice.

The book’s page at the publisher’s site