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Anne Frederick of Hester Street Collaborative was one of several speakers at a community day May 4, 2013 at Pier 42. It will be years before the dream of building a large new park at Pier 42, near Gouverneur Street, is realized.  But this past weekend, community activists, non-profit organizations and local politicians took an important symbolic step toward claiming the parcel along the East River for public use.  A community day was held Saturday on Pier 42, the kickoff to a summer-long effort to engage residents in the future of the pier. A year-and-a-half ago, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. allocated $16 million for the first phase of the project.  A design firm, Mathews Nielsen, will present preliminary master plans to Community Board 3 later this week, following a series of community vision sessions during the past several months.  On Saturday, Sen. Squadron, who helped secure the funding along with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, and representatives from non-profit organi

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