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Volunteer to clean & green Highbridge Park

Volunteer with the New York Restoration Project this Saturday, August 11th at 3 pm at Swindler Cove Park to help keep Highbridge Park beautiful. Click here for more info. Related: Uptown Gem – The New Leaf Restaurant & Bar…

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Making waves – and a house for Splashing | Manhattan Times

Written by Sandra E. García 76 year-old Highbridge Pool and Recreation Center is getting a facelift. And architecture students at Parsons’ The New School For Design have taken on the makeover challenge. Last year, Parsons students developed Splash House,…

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Park Portfolio – Highbridge Park

Photography by Briana E. Heard (@beheardphoto) Also Check out: Park Portfolio – J Hood Wright Park Park Portfolio – Bennett Park Park Portfolio – Fort Tryon Park Park Portfolio – Swindler Cove Park Park Portfolio – Inwood Hill Park…

SUMMERSTAGE UPTOWN KICKS OFF TONIGHT…

Okay, tonight at 7 PM, Elvis “El Jefe” Martinez will be doing his thing at Highbridge Park as part of the City Parks Foundation’s Summerstage. The concerts will be taking place in the North Ball Fields, which are located…

Summerstage Comes Uptown in August…

BY Led Black Speaking of Highbridge Park, there will be a series of free concerts on Tuesdays in August at 7PM in Highbridge Park as part of the City Parks Foundation’s Summerstage. The concerts will be taking place in…

UPTOWN – MOUNTAIN BIKING MECCA

BY Led Black Did you know that on top of everything that Uptown has to offer, it is also fast becoming a Mountain Biking Mecca in New York City? That’s right folks. This New York Times article lists our…

MY HIKE THE HEIGHTS ADVENTURE

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Things started off perfect. We stopped by mom’s house for a powerful pre-hike meal of mangu, eggs and salchichon. We then headed straight to Fort Tryon Park for the first leg of the hike, which…

HighBridge Park Revisited

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, you would have to be either absolutely nuts or a straight up crack head to venture into the woods of Highbridge Park. In those days, that area…