Goat Welcoming Ceremony Planned; Come One, Come All!
Posted on May 10, 2019 at 9:28 am by West Sider
“What is this Zabar’s place I’ve heard so much about?” Photo by tarat.
Twenty-four goats are coming to Riverside Park this summer to eat our weeds, and the parks conservancy is planning to welcome them at their arrival.
On Tuesday, May 21 at 11 a.m., everyone is invited to greet the goats at 120th Street and Riverside Drive. The conservancy suggests that you dress in your finest “haute goature.” There will be an eco-lesson too. Just please don’t call them sheep, that would be a real sheep-shot.
The goats will be grazing in the park from 119th to 125th Street until August 30.
My grandpappy always said “Put it where the goats can get it”
now I finally can!
Re: “We put the GOAT in GOTHAM”
Cute, but the Riverside Parkers might ‘get a historian’s goat’ by ignoring the truth.
According to the great “Gotham, a History of New York City to 1898”, it was Washington Irving (yes, “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”) who first used the name (it means “Goat Town”) in “Salmagundi”, a satirical magazine in 1807.
And then there’s the Batman comics and films.
Oh, and Knick’s fans, it was also Irving who invented the name “Knickerbocker”, but NOT for a basketball team.
Cannot wait to see the goats. They will do a far better job at clearing out the poison ivy than humans or toxic chemicals will.
So “Sheep May Safely Graze” wouldn’t be appropriate music for the occasion?
I am the GOAT when it comes to bad puns and jokes…
GOAT = Best lawn mower ever. Not only does it cut the grass, it fertilizes it too.
In Peter Salwen’s wonderful book Upper West Side Story (which I HIGHLY recommend to anyone wishing to know lots of fascinating history about our neighborhood) there are equally wonderful photographs, among them one from over 100 years ago of a goat on Amsterdam Avenue & 120th st….so maybe we have come full circle 🙂 thanks for this article! Our city children will really look forward to seeing them in Riverside Park!
Waiting for someone here to blame de Blasio for “GoatStock”.
Baaaaaaa…
Where will the goats go at night? Will they stay in the park or are they commuters?
We had goats on our corner growing up. Colorful block.
Tooooo cute. Love goats. Smart idea.
Goats have the same pH as we do. Goat’s milk soap is perfect. I bathe in goat milk flakes!
Anticipate lots of nannies visiting the nannies.
I hope there will be a shepherd on duty.Goat is very tasty when prepared correctly.
Just saying………….
This is amazing! And no snarky comments… Win/win!
That is because there is NO DISCUSSION WHATEVER on this WSR post.
16 separate Comments WITHOUT ONE SINGLE Reply!
If this comment was purposefully ironic it would be kinda funny.
However, it is not.:(
But clearly that can change.
I replied to Ish Kabibble.
You replied to me.
I replied to you…
…soon we got a Discussion here.
Maaaaa- maaaaaaaaaa-maaaaaaaaa.
Let’s hope some doesn’t kid- nap one
I hope the grass is not contaminated with pesticides, etc. Could be all sorts of things in the grass. Yuck!
Love it! The French have been using Goats in the Tuilleries gardens for a while I thnk. Always a pleasure to see.
I think that’s one terrific idea. No diesel gas used to cut grass. And a great way to see nature at work. Good greenhouse vibes.
Love mutton
GO-AT IT GOATS!
AND WHILE YOU ARE CHOMPING OVERGROWN GRASS AND WEEDS….PLEASE MAKE LOTS OF GOAT MILK TO TURN INTO DELICIOUS GOAT CHEESE! WE ALSO HOPE THERE WILL BE SOME BABY GOATS TRAILING ALONG….AND THAT NYC KIDS WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR CUTE GOATS (WITHOUT GETTING BUTTED IN THE BUTT)!