Highley Varlet and "2020: Total Clarity" on The Today Show!
With the walking portion of our project now concluded, this site will persist as an archive for all aspects of "2020: Total Clarity," our 7,000 mile, 260 marathon walking journey around New York City from June 2020 - June 2021. If you're just visiting for the first time, here is a clip from our appearance on The Today Show profiling our adventure:
Please take a look around the site to learn more about the walk routes, our seasonal clothing collection, the companion podcast series, and much more.
For all other completed and ongoing subprojects of "2020: Total Clarity," including our widely publicized NYC bagel review project "Everything Is Everything," visit our linktree page and follow along via Instagram and YouTube.
Week 48
The Loose Ends, Brooklyn
Week 48
The Loose Ends, Brooklyn
Our loose ends tour of Brooklyn finds us up against the west side of Jamaica Bay in the communities of Bergen Beach and Mill Basin. We'll also dip down into Gerritsen Beach, which we only grazed in previous walks. We'll pass through Brooklyn College on the way up as well as parts of Flatbush we didn't get touch before.
Our final music-centric walk visits the high schools of Brooklyn's most famous female musicians. From Lena Horne to Barbra Streisand, Carole King to Lil' Kim, we see the institutions that made them - and sometimes made them leave.
Week 46
In Pursuit of Freedom
Week 46
In Pursuit of Freedom
In 1790, 61% of all white Households in Kings County owned slaves, representing 30% of the borough's total population. This was enough to earn it the ignominious distinction of "the highest proportion of slaveholders and slaves in the North." Our walk this week covers the grounds of Canarsie and the Flatlands where many of these slaves resided, along with the courageous and vibrant abolitionist history of Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and Weeksville. We'll also step into Manhattan to visit the African Burial Ground National Monument near City Hall.
Week 45
Southeast Bronx: The Throggs
Week 45
Southeast Bronx: The Throggs
Our final walk around the Bronx covers its southeast corners, most notably a trip to Throggs point and the surrounding community. We'll also tackle another chunk of Pelham Bay Park, the corresponding Pelham Bay neighborhood and central Bronx areas like Unionport and Parkchester as well.