parks, photography, playground, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Only at a playground is work synonymous with play! This pair of circa 1972 photos come to us from a mother who said of her tyke and his friends, as they made like monkeys, climbing up trees: “Being a kid is their job, to have fun!” We have the...
parks, photography, playground, preservation, Richard Dattner, Upper West Side, UWS
… must come down, right lil’ Charles S.? Adventure Playground, just inside Central Park at West 67th Street, has gotten a good amount of bloglove during the photo series, and why shouldn’t it! As architect Richard Dattner’s first...
landmark, New York, New York City, parks, photography, preservation, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS
Rollerskating at the Naumburg BandshellLocated just a stone’s throw south of Bethesda Terrace is the mecca of roller and in-line skating: the Bandshell. It seems fitting that the Park’s principal formal element–the rectilinear promenade that is...
C of A, parks, photography, preservation, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
Bethesda TerraceFrom the formality of pony prancing c. 1930s (thanks again, Bruce S.!), we move on to the short-shorts and tall socks of the 1970s at Bethesda Terrace!Featuring Bethesda Terrace today is serendipitous, as the site has been at the front of our minds...
landmark, New York, New York City, NYC, parks, photography, playground, Scenic Landmark
What’s a toddler to do when the temperature hits triple digits? Cool off in one of Central Park’s playground fountains! West Sider Robert I. captured this tot doing just that.”I took this in the summer of 2007 in the playground to the...
architecture, landmark, New York, New York City, parks, photography, preservation, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS
LOST RIVERSIDE DRIVE A History in Postcard ImagesSlide Lecture and Book Signing There was much hope and hype in the 1870s and 1880s that the Upper West Side would surpass Fifth Avenue in attracting the well-to-do in the area. A winding boulevard with vistas...
