Cy A Adler
Cy A Adler (b. Cyrus Adler, Brooklyn, NY,
Trained as a
In early December, 1982, Adler placed an ad in the Voice announcing a public walk along the
In 1984 Adler wrote an article published in The New York Times, advocating a public shoreline path from the river's mouth at Battery Park to the river's source, Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains.[14] Adler's book, Walking The Hudson, Batt to Bear (From the Battery to Bear Mountain) detailed the route, as of 1997, as far as Bear Mountain (Hudson Highlands). A second edition, published by W. W. Norton & Company updated the route for 2012. The book contains an introduction by folksinger Pete Seeger, a member of Shorewalkers and friend of Adler.[15][16]
Adler organized several New York State corporations. In 1972, he organized and was CEO of Offshore Sea Development Corp. He and his associates developed systems for offloading oil tankers and bi-valve aquaculture techniques. He earned several patents, including one for a Single-Point Mooring, U. S. patent number 3.756.293.
Under various pseudonyms, Adler wrote and produced several other works. One of these was "Wholly Mother Jones," a play with music about the extraordinary labor organizer, Mary Harris Jones. It has been produced at least three times at the Brecht Forum and the People's Voice Cafe. Another book was "The Queer Dutchman - Castaway on Ascension," which went through two editions at Greeneagle Press. He also wrote "Crazy to go to Sea," a memoir of his time working in the Norwegian Merchant Marine in the 1950s.
With Pete Seeger, Adler wrote lyrics to several songs, including "Hurrah, Hurray for the NRA," a song related to gun violence, and the Shorewalkers Saunter song. He also developed the album, "No Job, No Bread? Sing a Jolly Song!"
His humanist cantata The Turtles Mass[17] premiered on Earth Day, 22 April 2018.
References
- ^ Mao, Tien (2006-05-05). "Cyrus Adler, president of Shorewalkers, Inc". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Cy Adler". Shorewalkers. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Albert Amateau, "Great Saunter will be stepping off Saturday for a 32-mile walk," The Villager Volume 75, Number 50, May 3–9, 2006.
- ^ Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Great Saunter Address, 42nd Street Pier, New York City, May 6, 2010.
- ^ "BOOKS | Green Eagle Enterprises".
- ISBN 978-0914018025. Front Matter.
- ^ Harold W. Kohn, Book Review of Ecological Fantasies. Journal of Chemical Education, 1974, 51 (7), p. A375. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed051pA375.2
- ^ Shorewalkers' 25th Anniversary: History and Achievements, New York, Shorewalkers Inc., 2007.
- ^ Tien Mao, "Interview with Cyrus Adler," President of Shorewalkers, Inc., The Gothamist, March 5, 2006. "Cyrus Adler, president of Shorewalkers, Inc". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ Albert Amateau, 'Saunterer' Sits Down to Write About the Feat, The Villager, Volume 73, Number 13, July 30 - Aug. 5, 2003. http://www.thevillager.com/villager-14/saunterersitsdown.html Archived 2006-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Clem Richardson, "Shorewalkers founder Cy Adler 'shore' is serious about city saunters" New York Daily News, August 17, 2008. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-08-17/local/17903496_1_health-benefits-staten-island-lot
- ^ Lea Winerman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "See a different side of New York by walking along shorelines," January 01, 2012. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12001/1200119-37-0.stm
- ^ Adler, Cy A., "For Hudsonophiles, a Long, Long Trail," The New York Times, September 1, 1984.
- ^ Pete Seeger talking about Shorewalkers and playing music with Cy Adler, May 18, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1i80uYykug
- ^ "The Turtles Mass | Green Eagle Enterprises". greeneagle.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.