Exploring the new Parks in the neighbourhood
This weekend we decided to visit some of the shiny new parks now available to us on either side of the Hudson river. The exploration started Friday evening, when we took a stroll just down the waterfront from our building to J. Owen Grundy Park, which reopened this past July. The park, set on the pier next to the Exchange Place PATH station, has been completely renovated, and looks really nice now. From the hardwood boards underfoot, to the metal benches and tables, to the well-lit canopies, everything has a lot of thought put into it. It is a really pleasant place to take an evening stroll, or catch lunch to the sounds of live music at the performance pavilion down by the end of the pier. I have to say, I am really impressed, not expecting much from the Jersey City government.
Saturday, we tried to check out the Jersey City Reservoir. But the gates were closed, so that plan had to be aborted. Looking in through the closed gate, it seemed more like a nature trail than a park, by which I mean that it seems it will be hard to take a stroller in. So I don’t know if we will be able to check it out.
On Sunday, we took Arav on his first PATH train ride to the city to check out the newly opened section of the Hudson Waterfront Park by Tribeca. With a nice boardwalk, lovely gardens and some interesting sculpture pieces scattered throughout, it has potential. But it still feels a little underwhelming. Shady spots are few and far between, and when compared to nearby Battery Park, there is little for people to do except sit on the grass or fly by on their bikes/rollerblades. There are a couple of tennis courts, but thats about it. Still, any park in the concrete jungle of Manhattan is to be treasured, and we could already see that there were plenty of folks out to enjoy their new park.
Lets see what else we can find in the weeks left this summer (can’t believe it’s going to be over soon).
Tags: Hudson River Waterfront, Jersey City, Living in New York, New York City, Urban Parks
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