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Monday, October 2. 2017

Wave Hill


From the beginning of the 1800s until WW1 (and the income tax), wealthy New Yorkers liked to build getaway estates overlooking the Hudson River. Wave Hill is one of many, including Washington Irving's charming Sunnyside (in Irvington), the Rockefeller estate, and of course the Roosevelt's Hyde Park. 


Wave Hill is in Riverdale, Bronx, NYC. Rus in urba.  People who rented Wave Hill to live in included Teddy Roosevelt and Mark Twain. Now it is a public garden and event site. We took my in-laws to look around last week.



A few more pics below the fold - 

Wedding set-up overlooking the river



Herb and succulent garden



More gardens and stuff





Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 18:57 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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What amazing gardens ... beautiful.
#1 Nat Brooks on 2017-10-02 21:44 (Reply)
I traveled through upstate New York many, many years ago and had I known Sleepy Hollow was an actual place I wouldn't have been able to resist going there. Thanks for adding another smidgen of knowledge to my lifelong education.
#2 Millie_Woods on 2017-10-02 22:22 (Reply)
Fodder for the redistributors.
#3 BillH on 2017-10-03 12:28 (Reply)
I was hoping to Wave Hill when my son was at Fordham in the Bronx, reminds me of the mansions in Morris County NJ where I grew up, but with a better view. I love those old mansions, their gardens had a different smell, does anyone have a word for it? like they've been there a long long time...
#4 LP on 2017-10-03 19:41 (Reply)

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