Last week we went for a picnic in the Undercliff area of the Palisades by the Hudson River. We stopped briefly at the State Line Lookout. We were driven nuts by the Lanternfly infestation so didn’t stay long. A group of birders were doing a hawk watch there.
We drove on Henry Hudson Drive down the the Undercliff Picnic Area and had a lovely bug free barbeque all by ourselves except for two other peole. After the picnic we drove to the Englewood Picnic Area by the George Washington Bridge.
We ate lunch at the marina in Gravesend by the park.
A few plants found in the park.
Calvert Vaux Park : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org) is a park consisting mostly of ball fields by Coney Island Creek in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It has seme nice shorefront areas. This is one of 3 posts. Marc found the preying mantis in the wildflower area. The locust borer is a new one for me.
An assortment of odd doors photographed in Manhattan, New York for Dan’s Thursday Doors https://nofacilities.com/2023/09/21/held-behind-doors/.
Many years ago we lived in the Lower East Side or East Village and we used the baths a few times when we didn’t have access to a shower. It is now Bathhouse Studios and is used for venues.
This Public Baths was built between 1904 and 1905 and designed by architect Arnold W. Brunner in the neo-Italian Renaissance style. There were 14 City-operated public baths opened between 1901 and 1914. Charitable organizations opened public baths and anyone could use them for a small fee on the Lower East Side. Many apartments had no bathing facilities and the public baths filled a need.
Tours – Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York (nymasons.org) if your interested.
The last photo is the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, New York, United States
After a short stop at Jamaica Bay I decided to visit the community gardens at Floyd Bennett Field to look for butterflies.
I think the flesh fly is smartly dressed.
I’ve been meaning to photograph this sculpture for a while.
“Rosenkranz presents Old Tree, a bright red-and-pink sculpture that animates myriad historical archetypes wherein the tree of life connects heaven and earth. The tree’s sanguine color resembles the branching systems of human organs, blood vessels, and tissue, inviting viewers to consider the indivisible connection between human and plant life….”
If you are interested, I recommend watching the video about it at Old Tree | The High Line
