i'm writing a book and low and behold i forget who the bloody monument is for in riverside park, around 88th street, maybe a little higher. if any of you can help me i'd really appreciate it.
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General Grant.
As in, "Who's buried in Grant's tomb" :-) -
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more like, where a holden caulfieldish kid witnesses a friend getting curbed on the lip of that monument.
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2ndly, thank you very much for the info.
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I have no idea about 88th St. but I do remember there are all kinds of monuments along that park including some to Firemen 95th St? and even some Viennese(?) General 112th St. However, I do know Grant's Tomb is 121st St and a little above. It is lovely to hang out in when skating the run and the Cherry Blossom Garden across the street is gorgeous in the Spring.
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No, it is NOT for Grant. Grant is buried on RS Drive b/t 122 & Grant's Park. The monnument you are refering to is the Souldiers & Sailors Monument. check
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now we are SURE OF THIS, my friend?
incidently, if you fellas can think of other locales that mean something to you sceneically speaking, elaborate. central park. any old place that resonates for you.
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Oh yeah. I always thought of it as Grants monument, for some reason. Grew up in the neighborhood and everything. We used to call it "The Monument".
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Is this the monument where they have built Goudi style benches and mosaic'ed them?
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That is "Grant's Tomb" Mary Anne and it is higher up at 122nd St. I find the style enjoyable and efficient but incongruous to the architecture of the monument. Did you enjoy the Cherry Blossom garden across the street It is going to be quite lovely in a month or so.
The style of the benches does not offend me at all and I enjoy them for themselves and as a neighborhood art project from which they originate but the clash of artistic style in a way exemplifies the same sometimes dissonant clash of the residents of that community and more so when seen as exemplary of the transitions from one generation to the next.
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I am new to this tribe thing however I am a native
89 and RSD = soldiers and sailors monument
93 and RSD = Joan of Arc corresponds to Joan of arc jr high school 93 btwn amst & Columbus
100 and RSD = fireman's monument corresponds to firehouse btwn amst and columbus
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I agree with you Laz about that architecture. It is so out of place and yet it has place. I havent been there is so long. I lived further down by 110th street and used to wlk in the park down to the boat basin. there is now a community garden started a ways back by one or two women and it is a blooming abundance of all things. very impressive...nce to sit by or walk along....each year it become more lush....hope they are still tking care of it.
I dont remember the cherry trees you spoke of. I always had such mixed feelings about that beautiful park by olmstead in the midst of so much pollution and graffiti....my heart just yearned for alaska and wide open spaces , vistas and grasses. -
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Funny thing Mary Anne I grew up on 110th St too. Between Broadway and Amsterdam. I went to PS 165 on 109th and later Booker T Washington before I moved out into the wide wild world.
When I went running there in Riverside Park a couple of years ago they had done a good job of getting it back in shape. The graffiti has not completely disappeared but the sports fields are kept well the boat basin is improved and the Hudson shore has a great bike and jogging path that now extends from midtown to the GW and soon to the Cloisters.
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Those benches caused months of strife when they were installed. They were pretty unpopular when they were unveiled, lots of people thought it was disrespectful and not in keeping with the august architecture of the tomb. Then there was a backlash from the Hispanic community, which liked them. There was talk of moving them into Riverside Park, but that never happened, and eventually they just sort of settled in.
I kind of like them -- it's a nice counterpoint to the formal style of the tomb, Riverside Church and that area of the park.
Sakura Park, which is right across the street to the east, is worth a visit, especially in April when the cherry trees are blossoming.
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