Hudson Heights

The bus emerges from Fort Tryon Park at Margaret Corbin Circle. Just below Fort Tryon Park is the Jacob Javits playgound. The playground is (barely) visible to the left, behind the iron fence. On the street, more people wait for the bus to go downtown.

Heading downtown, the next landmark is the Saint Francis Cabrini Shrine, where the remains of the first American saint are enshrined in an odd, but splendedly decorated 1950's style chapel. Opposite the Cabrini shrine is a line of apartment buildings built in the 1930s and 1940s in the Art Deco style. The upper end of Fort Washington Avenue seems frozen in the precious years just before World War II when New York was at its zenith as the center of stylish living in America.

To the west is Cabrini Avenue. Several Art Deco building can be glimpsed through the playground of PS 187 as the bus wends its way south.

At 187th St, the bus passes by Hudson Heights' little commercial village on 187th St. Here's the bus stop at the corner. 187th Street becomes a staircase between Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. Here is a look east, down the staircase. In the foreground, graffiti on the building walls is appearing again. In the background are the towers on Fort George.

One of the many glorious features of Hudson Heights is the large number of Art Deco apartment buildings present in the area. This one on Fort Washington Avenue shows many of the hallmarks of the style: corner windows (enabled by new construction techniques), vertical banding, decorative brickwork, and bold, abstract crenelations at the roofline. On Fort Washington Avenue, just below 184th Street, the bus passes Bennett Park, which was the site of Fort Washington, an important fortification used by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This plaque marks the site of the fort. The greenery in the background is the park. Bennett Park is also the site of the highest natural point in Manhattan.

Another art deco building. This one on 182nd St is one of my favorites. Back in the late 1990s, this building was rather grimy. However, as part of the general improvement going on in the 'nabe this building was recently cleaned up, allowing it's wonderful brickwork to once again shine!

Go back to Fort Tryon Park. Continue with the bus tour.


The bus emerges from Fort Tryon Park at Margaret Corbin Circle.	Just below Fort Tryon Park is the Jacob Javits playgound. The playground is (barely) visible to the left, behind the iron fence. On the street, more people wait for the bus to go downtown.


Heading downtown, the next landmark is the Saint Francis Cabrini Shrine, where the remains of the first American saint are enshrined in an odd, but splendedly decorated 1950's style chapel.	Opposite the Cabrini shrine is a line of apartment buildings built in the 1930s and 1940s in the Art Deco style. The upper end of Fort Washington Avenue seems frozen in the precious years just before World War II when New York was at its zenith as the center of stylish living in America.


At 187th St, the bus passes by Hudson Heights' little commercial village on 187th St. Here's the bus stop at the corner.	187th Street becomes a staircase between Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. Here is a look east, down the staircase. In the foreground, graffiti on the building walls is appearing again. In the background are the towers on Fort George.


One of the many glorious features of Hudson Heights is the large number of Art Deco apartment buildings present in the area. This one on Fort Washington Avenue shows many of the hallmarks of the style: corner windows (enabled by new construction techniques), vertical banding, decorative brickwork, and bold, abstract crenelations at the roofline.	On Fort Washington Avenue, just below 184th Street, the bus passes Bennett Park, which was the site of Fort Washington, an important fortification used by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This plaque marks the site of the fort. The greenery in the background is the park. Bennett Park is also the site of the highest natural point in Manhattan.