beautiful and very interesting. Did the rangers explain how the tower was filled with water? Were there pumps, electric,wind-driven?

It's a lovely neighborhood with a great variety of all things New York. Easy public transportation, too. We took the 4 train to get up to the Bronx then the C train before walking home through Central Park. It was a great mini-adventure that cost $11.00 in transportation and $4.00 for a couple of ice cold beers. Bargain.

I didn't ask about how they filled the tower, I assume it was with pumps. Definitely not electric or windmills. Probably steam-powered as it was built in the 1860s. It's been recently renovated and it's spectacular.

Several interesting historic bridges going across the east river.

And I loved going to the cloisters, just walking the gardens and grounds is free. Touring inside is quite amazing, mostly medieval art and architecture. They used to have a medieval festival on the grounds that was fun. There are views from the Hudson River and GW bridge from there.

As a teen we'd sometimes climb up to the old tracks that has now become the highline.
That was added after I left, and I think that's remarkable.

It was like an oasis in the Summertime. I thought that the beautiful house used in the film The Roeyal Tennenbaums but I just looked and it is in Hamilton Heights

I attended CUNY, took art history in summer 1980 and we went there on a class trip. Ended up moving to that area in the late 80's, lived there for 10+ years. I thought of it as an oasis too.

I was always a nature lover, despite being born and raised in NYC, and like architecture too. Living in Western NC for almost 20 years now, the environment and climate are great, but political climate sucks (meadows, cawthorn); a red zone in a red region, although the state is purple.

In NY and Northeast we had a number of Vanderbilt mansions. Here in NC we have one too, called Biltmore estate, built at the turn to the last century, with much brought over from Europe. The grounds and gardens are amazing, as is the house. Reminds me a bit of the cloisters whenever I visit, but on a much grander scale.

It was used to shoot the film Being There.

I never went to see the Woolworth's building downtown and I regret it. In CA the greatest place I've visited was the Hearst Castle. It is a whole day trip it itself.

It’s the oldest bridge in New York



The tower



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I especially liked some early paintings









Nice find for a day’s outing !



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They're great!

The views from the bridge were spectacular. It's quite high above the Harlem River. And the views from the top of the tower were gorgeous. We were fortunate to have a clear and sunny day.

They gave out magnets with photos of the tower.

Another fun visit, the lighthouse, about 10 miles north of the Tappan Zee bridge. On the east bank of the Hudson River.