Monday, October 8, 2007

the park closest to my apartment, bisecting fifth avenue, upper manhattan to lower manhattan.....


this is marcus garvey park. it's about 6 city blocks long and 3 LONG city blocks wide....that's pretty big. this park was set up in the 1700's. at the center of the park (in the background -- look for the rock formation) is the highest natural point on fifth avenue....perhaps in manhattan, but i've not been able to verify that yet. this is the famous mount morris. if you walk into the park there is a very wide (15 or 20 feet wide) circular staircase cut into the bedrock of the mount. it it winds in a very steady and very gentle slope of several hundred cut stone steps to the very top of mount morris. what a view!

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