Riverside Park ( English Riverside Park ) - a park on the Upper West Side in the borough of Manhattan , New York . The park is located along the Hudson River on a strip about 6.5 km long between 72nd and 125th streets, having a continuation between 135th and 158th streets. The total area of the park is about 131 hectares. The park is the third largest in Manhattan [1] .
| Riverside park | |
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| English Riverside park | |
 Park in April 2007 | |
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| Square | 131 ha |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| State | New York |
| City | New York |
| A district of the city | Manhattan |
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Before the arrival of the Europeans, the area on which the park is now located was represented by rocks and outcrops of rocks left over from the prehistoric glacier . The population of the Indians in this area was insignificant. In 1846, a railroad was laid along the Hudson River. In 1865, a member of the Central Park Arrangement Commission, William Martin, proposed breaking up a park on the Upper West Side. In 1867, the authorities in New York bought the land between the railway and the rocks, and in 1873 it was decided to break up the park in this area. The section of Riverside Park between 72nd and 125th streets was built from 1875 to 1900. Among the landscape designers who took part in the construction of the park were Calvert Vox and . The park was designed in the English style: with free planting of trees, shrubs, natural fences and winding alleys. Riverside Park has a positive impact on the attractiveness of the area. Residential mansions began to be built around it. Also shortly after the opening of the park, various monuments and memorials were placed in it, including a on 89th Street, Grant's Mausoleum on 122nd Street, a memorial to firefighters on 100th Street and a monument to Joan of Arc on 93rd street. In 1934–1937, the park was expanded to 59 hectares - the Henry Hudson Main Line was laid across the park, and a rotunda and a marina were built on 79th Street. In 1980, the park received the status of attractions in New York. In the second half of the 1990s, the marina and rotunda were restored for approximately $ 9 million. In 2000, a football field, three basketball courts and a 289-meter pier were built on a 2.8 hectare park site between 68th and 72nd streets, known as Riverside Park South . [2] [3] .
View of the park from Hudson County in New Jersey
Monument to Joan of Arc
Fire Memorial
Monument to soldiers and sailors
Notes
- ↑ List of Parks by Total Acreage (English) . nyc.gov. The appeal date is November 13, 2013.
- ↑ Jonathan Kuhn. Riverside Park / The Encyclopedia of the New York City / Kenneth T. Jackson, Lisa Keller, Nancy Flood. - 2. - Yale University Press, 2010. - p. 1109-1110. - 1584 s. - ISBN 0300182570 .
- ↑ Riverside Park Highlights (English) . NYC Parks. The appeal date is November 9, 2013.