The Vessel

The Vessei

     The Vessel is a 16 story circular climbing frame built by Thomas Heatherick in 2019. It is located in the main public area of Hudson Yards.

   It has 2465 steps, 80 landings.

Restaurant Menu

Interior Sardi Restaurant

     Sardi’s is a continental.restaurant located at 234 W. 44th Street in the theater district of New York.  It opened. at its current location on March 5, 1927. Sardi’s is known for.its cariactures of Broadway celebrities.

     Sardi’s was founded by Vince Sardi,Sr and his wife Jenny Pallera.  To attract customers, Sardi hired  Russian refugee,Alex Gard.to draw cariactures of Broadway celebrities

     Following Sardi,Sr.death in 1969, the restaurant.went into a decline.  It was sold in.1986.  It later reopened in 1990.

Bronx Whitestone Bridge

     The Bronx Whitestone Bridge is a suspension type.  It has a 2,300 feet main span between its 2 suspension towers. It carries 6 lanes of traffic  of Interstate 678 over the East River. It connects Thoggs Neck and Ferry Point Park in  the Bronx on the East River north shore with the Whitestone Neighborhood of Queens on the southern shore of.the East River.

    The bridge opened on April 29, 1939.  It was designed by Othmar  Amman and Allston Dana.  Construction costs were 17.5 million

145th Street Bridge

145th Street Bridge

     The 145th Street Bridge is a four lane swing bridge.  It crosses the Harlem River.

3rd Avenue Bridge

    This bridge is a swing type.  It carries southbound traffic on 3rd Avenue over the Harlem River.  It connects the Burroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.

     Its total.length.is 2,800 feet. Building costs were in the range of multiple million dollars. The bridge opened on August1,1898.  It was rebuilt on 12/6/2004

The Little Red Lighthouse

     The little Red Lighthouse is currently located under the George Washington Bridge  Manhattan side.  It was originally built in Sandy Hook, New Jersey.  It was later moved by the Coast Guard  in 1921 to guide river traffic from shoals at Jeffrey Hook

     In 1942 it became a legend as a result of the book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge by Hildegarde Swift.

     The lighthouse became obsolete when the navigation lights were moved to the bridge in 1948.

     The Lighthouse  was saved from the auction block and put under the jurisdiction of the Parks Department in 1951.

High bridge Water Tower

     The High bridge Water Tower is located in High bridge Park.   It is 200 feet in height. When it was operational, it had a 47,000 gallon water tank.    The Tower is 200 feet in height. It was fed by the Croton Aqueduct.

     The tower was built in 1866-1872.   The tower opened in 1872 and was fully operational by 1875. When in use,it delivered clean water to Manhattan. The architect was John Jervis.  Its style is Romanesque Revival and Neo Greek.  There was a 7 acre reservoir next to it.

     The tower ceased to deliver to water to Manhattan on December.15, 1949.

The Dakota Building

Dakota Building

The Dakota Building

     The Dakota Building is located across from  Central Park.  Its address is One West 72 nd Street New York, New York.  The building was commissioned by  Edward Clark (one of the founders of the Singer sewing machine company).  The architect was Henry Janeway Hardenbergh.  

   He designed the building to have 65 apartments each unique.  The building gate leads to an outside court from which all units are accessible.

  The building is 9 stories high.  The exterior is brick with sandstone trim.  The style is German Renaissance.

     Famous residents of the building n included Judy Garland, Lauren.Bacall, Rosemary Clooney, John Lennon and Yoko Ono