Tag: Riverside Park

Heaven on the Hudson: How Riverside Park covered its tracks and became a breathtaking spot

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date August 23, 2018
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PODCAST The highs and lows of the history of Riverside Park In peeling back the many layers to Riverside Park, upper Manhattan’s premier ribbon park, running along the west side from the Upper West Side to Washington Heights, you will find a wealth of history that takes you back to Manhattan’s most rugged days. The windswept bluffs… Read More

Tags Grant's Tomb, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Ulysses S. Grant

New York’s oddest tourists: the Chinese delegation of 1911

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date September 12, 2011
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Above: Chinese naval officers, with Mayor William Jay Gaynor, mounting the steps of Grant’s Tomb, 9/11/11. Workers at the Hudson waterfront awoke on September 11, 1911, to catch quite a curious sight in the water that day. It wasn’t the size of the ship that struck gathering crowds or its loud, rumbling engines; after all, the Chelsea… Read More

Tags Chinatown, Riverside Park