8 November 2019
The morning and afternoon are open and I decided to hop the “1” line downtown to South Ferry. My intention was to catch the free ferry to Governor’s Island and walk around.
I walked to 50th and Broadway and headed down into the depths of New York. I sometimes forget how old the New York subway system is.
The architecture is early 1900’s.
Also interesting are the murals. I feel these are all original with a Through the Looking Glass theme.
Unfortunately when I visited the government website for information about Governor’s Island I failed to notice the red exclamation point on the National Park Service website. Governor’s Island is closed until 2020. They seem to also be renovating the ferry building. I found the sign on the door.
I so remember walking into that building and showing my military id to board the ferry. The ferry was the one common thing enlisted me and officers had. Both had to enter Governor’s Island by that ferry. There was no separate section for officers.
By the way, I was wrong. The city didn’t take it over – the NPS did.
Also strange is I never ignore the red exclamation points on NPS websites so it was my own fault because it never entered my mind today.
I headed back uptown on the 1 and stopped briefly at Christoper Street and walked through the National Historic Site for the Stonewall riots. The original statuary has been moved into a very small, well done park. I also took a photo of the Stonewall Inn.
Along the way we passed Houston Street station. I’d forgotten it is pronounced How-stun. Funny about names and pronunciations.
It was then I decided to go to the Cloisters. I could take the 1 line to 191st Street and walk to it.
It’s a long ride on the subway and I forgot that. Just about every other liberty in 1970 and 1971 I headed to the Cloisters. It was my get-away in New York from Morse code and cleaning floors at radio school.
The walk up to the Cloisters is amazing. You pass through Fort Tyron park and get a spectacular view of the Hudson River.
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My favorite part was the court yards. I spent many hours there thinking and dozing in the sun. It’s still my favorite part. Both are now enclosed and it takes away from the feeling but I’m sure they did it to protect the collection.
I don’t remember so many artifacts as was on display. It could be they are exhibiting more or I could just not remember. Religious artifacts are not my thing.
What I enjoyed most on this trip was a walk through the trails of Fort Tyron Park. I never did that before and it is a wonderful experience.
One of the trails leading to the Cloisters follows the Hudson River.
On one part, you get an excellent view of Chris Crisitie’s favorite bridge – the George Washington.
Fort Tyron was where the battle of “Fort” Washington took place for a couple of hours until taken by Hessians. It also is the highest point in New York City at 260 feet. Nose bleed!
I stopped for lunch at The Leaf in the park. It’s a quaint old building from the 1930s. The lunch was just OK but filling.
I then walked more trails at Fort Tyron and finally found my way back to the 191st Street station.
I’ve been on the London tube and the Paris Metro, but I think the most efficient system is still the NYC subway system. Kudos to the MTA.
Tonight is the opera Akhnaten. He’s the husband of Nefertiti and is now credited with transforming ancient Egypt not not getting the credit until now.
