Thursday, February 23, 2012

West Harlem Piers Park

West Harlem in perspective of New York City.                  nyc.gov


Map of West Harlem.                                             nyc.gov


 
General NYC park rules.

Left to right: View of the Hudson River, West Harlem Piers Park, Hudson River Greenway, Marginal Street, and bridge of Henry Hudson Parkway.


Scott Baird, 61, physicist frequently walks from Columbia to enjoy this park.
“It goes past the George Washington Bridge,” said Baird. “You can also walk all the way down to the Battery.”


View of pier, Hudson River, and New Jersey.


Bridge of Henry Hudson Parkway, West Harlem Piers Park, and New Jersey.

View of bridge and buildings.












James, an off-duty federal officer and a bicyclist resting on the park’s benches along with a fellow bicyclist described this area before the city built this park.
“No park. Dark. Garbages all over the place. A lot of bad people all around. You can see drug dealers everywhere,” said James.
 
George Washington, 62, retired visits the park for the second time.
      “The city was broke and they forgot about it, said Washington. “It’s just everything was just sitting. You have stray, you have a lot of homeless people that made camps and all that.”



Washington relaxing on pier's bench.


“There’s a drive along the East River but this [the Westside pier] is prettier. The landscape. City water. You’ve got New Jersey. More hills, ” said Washington.


A woman eating on the steps and a park sculpture on the left.


Mini lanes.



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