A Very Highbridge Christmas

By baad lamb

Christmas Day exploration of Highbridge Park, Manhattan

Since my beloved (and newly unemployed) snowbird was spreading his wings for Braindeadlia on the 21st of December, we celebrated Christmas a week early. This left Christmas Day wide open, and like Beau on a snow-day, my feet did their exploration dance, and pointed north. I had been to Highbridge Park five or six years ago during OHNY, specifically to go up in the infrequently open tower, but this very large park stretches 45 blocks along the Harlem River, from Inwood through Washington Heights and down to Sugar Hill in Harlem, and it was time to see some more.

Top 10 Architectural Moments of 2009 - NYC has #2,5,6

In the LA Times, Christopher Hawthorne offers his "Top 10" list of architectural moments of 2009. In the #2 spot is the new Alice Tully. The pedestrian mall on Broadway is #5 and the High Line is #6. These are great choices, and I am reminded of how many photos I have of these places. Thank God for digital or our home would be filled to the ceiling with boxes of photos and reels of what used to be called "home movies".

I made this video on Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, recording the celebration of the opening of the Broadway pedestrian mall.