Upon review of all my photos from my adventure with my friend, I'm beginning to realize that it really should be call the Rockefeller Adventure! Between his church and Fort Tryon, he funded several of the subjects of our adventure.
We traveled by subway up to 190th Street to go to Fort Tryon Park and The Cloisters. Fort Tryon was designed by the son of the man who designed Central Park and was gifted to NYC by Rockefeller. The weather was perfect for outdoor exploration—low 70's and a little cloudy.
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| Heather Gardens |
From the City Park website:
Containing one of the highest points in Manhattan, Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River, offering magnificent views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley that challenge the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are experienced from its skyscrapers.
In 1609 while describing the New Jersey Palisades, Robert Juet, first mate to Henry Hudson (the river's namesake), first penned the name that was to be the precursor to Manhattan (manna-hata). (Ch. 2) Apparently, Henry Hudson founded New York (or New Amsterdam at the time) on September 11, 1609. It's a creepy coincidence for sure.
At any rate, we then went to the Cloisters above Fort Tryon Park. The Cloisters are part of the Metropolitan Museum that houses nearly 5,000 medieval works in a reconstructed medieval monastery. What I found the most interesting were the gardens (cloisters) reconstructed from medieval manuscripts and contained typical plants.
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| This totally reminds me of The Last Unicorn and the tapestries at either the beginning or the end. |
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| I was definitely in awe of the detail. |
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| Me and my friend. |
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| From the outside. |
Hard to believe that this was a short subway ride and still in the city. Amazing.
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