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Upper West Side
Riverside Park
“The Most Glorious, Spectacular, Waterfront Park in Manhattan”
68th Street to 155th Street between
Riverside Drive and the Hudson River
Frederick Law Olmsted, the co-designer of Central Park, designed Riverside Park and Riverside
Drive together as one in the 1870s. Olmsted’s original design envisioned a park and drive from
72nd to 125th Street; it was later extended to 155th Street and now begins at 68th Street.
Olmsted’s idea of a park with a serpentine, tree-lined drive curved around the natural landscape
features of the park like an English garden, which he set out in the 1870s, emerged under the
sure hands of wonderful designers and landscape architects like Calvert Vaux and Samuel
Parsons to become what it is now--the most glorious, spectacular, waterfront park and drive in
New York. The park from 72nd to 125th streets is one of only eight designated scenic
landmarks in all of New York.
Just inside the park, a wide, European-style, tree-lined promenade reminiscent of the main
promenade in Seville, winds through the length of the park, from 72nd Street. A Sunday stroll
gives you a chance to meet fellow neighbors and get wonderful views of the river, the mansions
and the apartment buildings..
And a trail of famous civic monuments wends its way, marking the different sections of the park
with their identities, from the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument at 72nd Street, to the Soldiers’ and
Sailors’ Monument at 89th Street, the Joan of Arc statue at 93rd, and the Firemen’s Memorial at
100th, bringing you finally to Grant’s Tomb at 122nd Street. Many a lovers’ tryst has been set
with an “I’ll meet you at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument,” or the Joan of Arc Statue, or
Grant’s Tomb, depending on the neighborhood they are in.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
On a lower level closer to the river is the Middle Promenade, containing many recreation areas,
including children’s playgrounds, flower gardens, an allée of sycamore and London Plane trees,
and much more.
The riverfront esplanade, the area closest to the river, affords strollers magnificent, full views of
the Hudson and the Palisades, the bluffs on the New Jersey side.
There are also basketball courts, tennis courts (both clay and hard-surface), a skate park, soccer
field, two kayak launch areas, 14 playgrounds and much more.
:
Links to Riverside Park:
Sightseeing on Riverside Drive and the Upper West Side
Riverside Park Fund
Riverside Park and its monuments and history, with photos
"Follow the Dream . . . "
Riverside Park
“The Most Glorious, Spectacular, Waterfront Park in Manhattan”
68th Street to 155th Street between
Riverside Drive and the Hudson River
Frederick Law Olmsted, the co-designer of Central Park, designed Riverside Park and Riverside
Drive together as one in the 1870s. Olmsted’s original design envisioned a park and drive from
72nd to 125th Street; it was later extended to 155th Street and now begins at 68th Street.
Olmsted’s idea of a park with a serpentine, tree-lined drive curved around the natural landscape
features of the park like an English garden, which he set out in the 1870s, emerged under the
sure hands of wonderful designers and landscape architects like Calvert Vaux and Samuel
Parsons to become what it is now--the most glorious, spectacular, waterfront park and drive in
New York. The park from 72nd to 125th streets is one of only eight designated scenic
landmarks in all of New York.
Just inside the park, a wide, European-style, tree-lined promenade reminiscent of the main
promenade in Seville, winds through the length of the park, from 72nd Street. A Sunday stroll
gives you a chance to meet fellow neighbors and get wonderful views of the river, the mansions
and the apartment buildings..
And a trail of famous civic monuments wends its way, marking the different sections of the park
with their identities, from the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument at 72nd Street, to the Soldiers’ and
Sailors’ Monument at 89th Street, the Joan of Arc statue at 93rd, and the Firemen’s Memorial at
100th, bringing you finally to Grant’s Tomb at 122nd Street. Many a lovers’ tryst has been set
with an “I’ll meet you at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument,” or the Joan of Arc Statue, or
Grant’s Tomb, depending on the neighborhood they are in.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
On a lower level closer to the river is the Middle Promenade, containing many recreation areas,
including children’s playgrounds, flower gardens, an allée of sycamore and London Plane trees,
and much more.
The riverfront esplanade, the area closest to the river, affords strollers magnificent, full views of
the Hudson and the Palisades, the bluffs on the New Jersey side.
There are also basketball courts, tennis courts (both clay and hard-surface), a skate park, soccer
field, two kayak launch areas, 14 playgrounds and much more.
:
Links to Riverside Park:
Sightseeing on Riverside Drive and the Upper West Side
Riverside Park Fund
Riverside Park and its monuments and history, with photos
"Follow the Dream . . . "
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"Follow the Dream . . . "
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The 79th Street Boat Basin is a
picturesque destination for a
Sunday stroll. Sit down with a
drink at the café by the
nearby Rotunda and take in the
happenings.
Feeding the Wild Geese at
the 79th Street Boat Basin
picturesque destination for a
Sunday stroll. Sit down with a
drink at the café by the
nearby Rotunda and take in the
happenings.
Feeding the Wild Geese at
the 79th Street Boat Basin