tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post7397824813907825631..comments2024-03-15T05:54:02.004-04:00Comments on H A R L E M + B E S P O K E: ☞ REMEMBER: Morningside Park Stairs c. 1889Ulysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817576268296958520noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-84585595824976561582011-08-31T23:12:25.450-04:002011-08-31T23:12:25.450-04:00Fascinating. I think most anyone would assume that...Fascinating. I think most anyone would assume that the area where the park is had never been cleared of trees. Obviously this was not the case!Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-38868434844374173752011-08-30T22:12:27.225-04:002011-08-30T22:12:27.225-04:00Yes, fabulous shot.
Clearly before the completion ...Yes, fabulous shot.<br />Clearly before the completion of much of the park. Even the parapet rail along Morningside Drive is missing in this shot.<br />The photo does dramatically illustrate the impetus for the park overlooks. The views to the east were (and are!) spectacular. Vaux and Olmsted always intended to keep the tall trees on the lower level of the park so that these views would remain unobstructed. This design intent was most dramatically foiled at 116th street by the Carl Schurz Monument (dedicated 1913) in which the view became Carl and one has to climb on the monument benches to get a glimpse of the view the park designers wanted to dramatize. <br />Today the most unobstructed (and thus a favorite) overlook is the one at 117th Street.NYCMorningsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776039904024705991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-21012646562619835212011-08-30T20:08:06.374-04:002011-08-30T20:08:06.374-04:00Amazing. It looks like the staircase to nowhere.Amazing. It looks like the staircase to nowhere.Sanou's mumnoreply@blogger.com