The patio at the Boat Basin.
The Boat Basin Cafe in Riverside Park at 79th street opened at noon on Wednesday as the temperatures rose into the 60’s. The balmy weather also brought out various harmonica-players, flower-lovers and dog-photographers.
The Boat Basin is scheduled to be open on Thursday (St. Patrick’s Day), but will be weather-dependent after that. “We’re very much weather permitting at this point,” an employee told us. If it cools down, we’ll be closing.”
Photos and captions by Jessica Brockington.
Jerry Luke, a resident of 96th Street for the last 40 years, practiced bluegrass harmonica tunes in Riverside Park.
“I play in a wondeful blue grass jam every Monday from 7:30 to 10 pm. Finnegans in Hoboken, NJ. You can find Jerry on FB.
Nancy Simmons retired to the UWS from a 30 year professorship at Virginia Tech and was sunlighting some crocuses.
Laura Garcia has lived on UWS for over 25 years. Her children went to PS 84 and PS 75 and the West Side Collaborative. She was out walking and taking pictures of GIgi.
I remember when that restaurant was a homeless encampment, some interesting folks who used to lay their bones there. They all got pushed out by the yuppie invasion. Peace to Bernard and all of the inhabitants of the Freedom Tunnel, the real New Yorkers of Riverside Park.
Enjoy it now, folks. Looks like we may get another round of snow, maybe a blizzard (!) this Sunday/Monday
Good Memory Mark , , , I too remember the stench that followed anyone who walked through that area. I remember when the fountain in the rotunda would spring out water 30 feet into the air
Yep that place was scary, filled with the mentally ill.
I don’t know how they ever got rid of that smell.
Great photos, especially of the Boat Basin on 79th St. brought back memories of my youth.
Jerry Luke does a radio show on WHCR.ORG every Friday from 2p – 3:30p …
“Yuppie invasion”? What an idiotic statement. Yeah, lets get rid of the yuppies and bring back the homeless!
Jerry Luke, actor,activist,artist and radio show host, offers his unique views on life here in the city as well as the rest of these United States, which in includes Guam, and now,also Pluto. Check him out on YouTube. more info at go to: http://Www.lsmftproductions.org.