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DAILY NEWS, Wednesday. September 23. 1987 It's in state and city plans to replace old W. Side Highway By BARBARA UPPMAN Daily News Staff Writer A park long sought by Chelsea residents, who say that their neighorhood is short on outdoors recreational space, has been included in plans by the state and city in the latest development project to replace the old West Side Highway. Although estimated costs, construction dates, and the official park design has yet to be determined, Chelsea residents say they are hopeful that the plan, devised by ar chitect Thomas Balsley, will be officially accepted by the state and city.

Under the Balsley design, the 10-acre park would stretch along the Hudson River from W. 21st to W. 24th and would sit on space now occupied by Piers 22 and Cop's best friend If LN tfi I W- if A I ff lit. i Health fair Free blood pressure checks and dental and vision screenings will be available Saturday at a health fair sponsored by the New York branch of the NAACP. Hearing and glaucoma screening also will be available.

The fair will also put on a forum titled "AIDS, the Epidemic that Kills." The fair will take place from 9:30 am. to 4 on W. 132d St between Lenox and Fifth Aves. Blood pressure The American Red Cross of Greater New York will provide free blood pressure checks on Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

at the American Savings Bank, 2851 Broadway at W. 111th St For more information, call the American Red Cross at 870-8844. Accounting More than 3,000 accountants are attending a conference sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which is running through Friday at the New York Hijton at Avenue of Americas and 53d St Speakers slated for the all-day forums are U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moy-nihan (D-New York), former U.S.

Ambassador to the U.N., Jean Kirkpat-rick, and former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Blacks in U.S. The Emanuel Pieterson Historical Society, founded to provide a more popular understanding of blacks' contribution to the United States, celebrated its 12th anniversary recently during a luncheon at City College. The society's president, Horace Carter, said the nonprofit group was instrumental in having several sites around Harlem designated landmarks. Some of them include As-tor Row, a group of 28 gingerbread-style houses on W.

130th St between Lenox and Fifth Langston Hughes House, at 20 E. 127th St, and the Harlem River Houses at 151st St and Adam Clayton PowellJr. Blvd. During the occasion, the winners of an essay contest were announced. Its subject was Emanuel Pieterson, a freed black who was descended from slaves.

24. The area is owned by the State Department of Transportation. The plans include a "platform park" raised above the highway, that would allow park-goers easy access to the main park below. This replaces what would normally be a pedestrian bridge. It will connect with Chelsea's only other park, the Thomas Smith at 12th Ave.

and 23d St Vehicular stop The Balsley design also features a vehicular turnaround at the foot of W. 23d St, which will enable buses, cars, taxis, to drop passengers off right at the park. Among other features of the proposed park are: Jogging paths and adult fitness areas. A large children's play area. An open area for volley ball and badminton.

Community garden plots, bicycle path, trees, shrubs, and benches. A softball field, two tennis courts, a handball court, and a basketball court Balsley was hired last year by the. Chelsea Waterside Park Association, a group of local residents who had been urging the West Side Task Force to include a neighborhood park in its plans for the replacement highway. The task force was appointed last January by Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Koch.

Last month, state and city officials announced plans for the replacement highway, which will consist of a six-lane roadway running from Battery Park up to 59th St, and a pedestrian esplanade. Pamela Wolff, a member of the Waterside Park Association, said that the park means a "great deal" to the community because there are so few in the neigborhood. It is estimated that only 1 of Chelsea is made up of parks, compared with 27 on the West Side of Manhattan. In addition, Wolff said, as housing development in the area continues to push west toward the Hudson River, the more the park will be used. "The community is excited about the park." Wolff added.

Both Balsley and Wolff said that they hope construction on the park can begin before construction on the highway. But Phyllis Hirschberg, a spokesman for the State Department of Transportation, said that the highway will come first because the funds are already there. The park plans have been supported by the local Community Board 4. OFFICER IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK takes time out from keeping pushers out to welcome canines in. Talk about your lucky dogs! melfmhcelsteinomlynems By KEITH MOORE kins, whose office is serving as middleman for the state.

Nonetheless, groups such as Minority Task Force Against Aids, a central Harlem group, said it was submitting a proposal in the hopes of getting "a more realistic" amount of money. The task force, it was explained, would help to coordinate the various efforts in fighting AIDS in Harlem. The disease is prevalent among intravenous drug users as well as among homosexuals. The Harlem task force would be modeled on similar efforts that are already under way in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, Turk said. tackle the problem on a local level.

Some referred to the amount of proposed funds as a pittance. But an official in Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins Office explained yesterday that the $300,000 was proposed only to get a task force started. The official, Barbara Turk, said the anti-AIDS groups in eastern and central Harlem would have preferred a direct grant from the state to their Groups involved in the fight against AIDS in the two communities are submitting so-called "wish lists" to Din- Dairy News Staff Writer Health officials in eastern and central Harlem were attempting yesterday to set up a task force aimed at combatting the deadly disease AIDS at the local level. The move comes partially in response to the outcries of -some of the groups who claimed they were not getting enough state dollars to fight the virus at a grass-roots level. Some members of the group told the State AIDS Institute at a meeting late last month that a proposed $300,000 was not enough to i i r--1 it -J tr-J 3 iC i -r tiU 3 to:.