Morris Jumel Mansion Museum Annual Holliday Concert

Annual Holiday Concert at Morris-Jumel Mansion

• Saturday, December 12, 2015
• 3:00pm  5:00pm

No holiday season is complete without MJM's Annual Holiday Concert. Brooklyn Baroque and guests will perform chamber and vocal music perfectly suited to the season; and a merry reception featuring food and drink will follow. $25 per person, $20 for members. Advanced registration is required. Call 212-923-8008 or email marketing@morrisjumel.org to RSVP. For the complete list of MJM events for December click here.

The New York Restoration Project has made good on its green-space promise

The Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse at Swindler Cove park was introduced as part of Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project in 2004. Andrew H Walker / Getty Images

In an article in The National, Ashley Lane has covered the twenty year history of the New York Restoration Project's work to bring back a number of the Parks in New York City from utter disrepair.  Included in the list of accomplishments is Highbridge Park. Congratulations on two decades of accomplishments NYRP!

The High Bridge Written up by a Noted Foreign City Planner as a Destination Site

Gordon Price is the Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver BC Canada

In 2002, he finished his sixth term as a City Councillor in Vancouver.  He also served on the Board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) and was appointed to the first board of the Greater  Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) in 1999.

He has spoken at numerous conventions and conferences in many countries, writes a monthly column for Business in Vancouver on civic issues, and conducts tours and seminars on the development of Vancouver. He also blogs on urban issues, with a focus on Vancouver, at Price Tags, and occasionally publishes an electronic magazine, also called “Price Tags,” highlighting a city or issue.  (All 111 issues available here ).

He sits on the Boards of the Sightline Institute and Sustainable Cities International.

In additions to presentations in the U.S. and Australia, Gordon is a regular lecturer on transportation and land use for the City of Portland, Oregon and Portland State University.  He has written several extensive essays on Vancouver and transportation issues (The Deceptive City, Local Politician’s Guide to Urban Transportation).

This month he has done three nice blog entries on the High Bridge in New York City that are worth seeing.

It is good to see that The High Bridge is starting to get traction as a destination for tourists.

Kevin Woyce to discuss New York City Bridges

Historian Kevin Woyce will discuss the histories of the famous bridges that have shaped Manhattan at the Howland Public Library at 313 Main Street in Beacon on Thursday, Nov. 19. The free program begins at 6:30 p.m.

The Brooklyn Bridge, by Kevin Woyce

Using historic and his own original photos, Woyce will share the stories behind the most famous of the 20 bridges that link Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and New Jersey, including the wooden King’s Bridge built in 1693, the High Bridge of the Croton Aqueduct, the George Washington bridge and the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Queensboro and RFK Triborough bridges.

Woyce is the author of a number of books, including Bridges and Hudson River Lighthouses and History.

In the Footsteps of Edgar Allan Poe - A Walk from Poe Cottage to the High Bridge

Saturday, November 21, 2015   11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

When Edgar Allan Poe lived in the Village of Fordham (now in the Bronx), one of his favorite pastimes was taking strolls throughout the area. One of his more enjoyable locations was the newly-constructed High Bridge. Although Poe has been gone for many years now, his cottage and the High Bridge continue to serve as remnants of his beloved walks.

Join Bronx Co. Historical Society educator Angel Hernandez on a 3-mile walk from Poe Cottage to High Bridge via Aqueduct Avenue. The tour will meet at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in Poe Park on the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road. If you wish to take a tour of the cottage before the walk tour, feel free to arrive there at 10 a.m.

For more comments on this story see: Edgar Allan Poe Walking the High Bridge.

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Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in Poe Park

Bronx

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Tour costs $10 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members. Contact The Society at (718) 881-8900 to reserve your spot. The tours generally run about 2 hours.

Event Organizer

Bronx Co. Historical Society

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(718) 881-8900

Contact Email

education@bronxhistoricalsociety.org

If You Enjoy Walking The High Bridge, Then You Might Enjoy These Bridges Also

Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia

 As we have noted before, the popularity of pedestrian bridges is increasing, and along with that increase comes a myriad of new designs to entice the pedestrian to try them out.  Here are a few that you may not have seen before.  The Langkawi Sky Bridge is about 400 ft long and opened in 2005

Rolling Bridge, London

This is definitely not "The" London Bridge, but it is in London.  This bridge over the Grand Union Canal can curl up.

Dragon King Kong Bridge, China

Helix Pedestrian Bridge, Marina Bay, Singapore 

This bridge is based on the double helix structure of DNA and opened to the public April 24, 2010.

Fall Field Day at Highbridge Park -- Nov 3

Fall Field Day

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.Tuesday, November 3, 2015

NYC Parks presents the first-ever Fall Field Day! Kids, teens, and their families are invited to relive classic and nostalgic field day activities as they are introduced to a new generation. With an array of activities fit for all ages and abilities, Fall Field Day will have something for everyone to enjoy! 

The event will take place on both sides of the High Bridge, at Highbridge Park in Manhattan and the Bronx. 

Highbridge Park, Bronx

On the Bronx side, there will Zumba, dance, a mini obstacle course, arts and crafts, and a Kids N Play corner. 

Highbridge Park, Manhattan

Activities will include:

Action Games

• Javelin (noodle) throw
• Bubble soccer
• Giant soccer
• Pillow Polo
• Obstacle course
• Hand cycling

Field Games

• Giant Parachute
• Tug-O-War 
• Disc Tic-Tac-Toe
• Musical bean bag chairs

Relay Races

• Potato sack race
• Three-legged race
• Agility (parachute) races
• Spoon/egg race

At the main stage, there will live entertainment, including two performances by the Big Apple Circus. In celebration of Election Day, we'll have an old voting booth where kids and families can pretend to vote and take selfies. 

Bring the kids to meet Snoopy from the Peanuts Movie!

Rain or shine.

Pumpkin Smash
Bring your old Halloween pumpkins and smash them to smithereens at Pumpkin Smash. Once smashed, the pumpkins will be composted locally with finished composed used to improve soils in city parks and green spaces. In partnership with the NYC Compost Project. Hosted by the Lower East Side Ecology Center. Get all the dirt on composting in New York City on the NYC Compost Project website.

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172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Highbridge Park 

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170th Street and University Avenue in Highbridge Park 

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Free  

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• Fall Field Day

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