Wednesday, February 8, 2012

☞ REMEMBER: Mount Morris Park Gates c. 1894

There currently are cast iron gates at the south end of Marcus Garvey Park today but an old photo shows what this corner of the park looked like over a century ago.  Originally the park was named Mount Morris Park back in the day and the 118th 120th Street entrance appears to have had just a basic, low wooden or stone construction with balustrade details back in 1894.  Today the taller gates are made of cast iron and Bespoke readers have clued in on the origins of the mysterious initials found there within: LINK.

Fifth Avenue and 118th Street, The watch tower in Mount Morris Park in the background, ca. 1894 via the digital collection at the Museum of the City of New York
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3 comments:

  1. Sanou's mumFebruary 8, 2012 at 5:58 PM

    The entrance is on 120th Street but that is one great big honkin’ boulder there on 118.

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  2. BestBrianFebruary 9, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    That boulder was only just recently removed when they developed the new high rise on that lot. They had to do A LOT of blasting.

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  3. Sanou's mumFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:44 PM

    the high rise is on the next block uptown.

    Can't imagine trying to remove those rocks. . .

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