{"id":5298,"date":"2010-05-17T00:28:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T04:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2010-09-03T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T22:01:19","slug":"west-harlem-piers-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=5298","title":{"rendered":"West Harlem Piers Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5301\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 013\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-013-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/en.search.wordpress.com\/?q=NativeNewYorker\" target=\"_blank\">NativeNewYorker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of Sundays ago, I took a walk along <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weact.org\/LinkClick.aspx?link=211&amp;tabid=265\" target=\"_blank\">West Harlem\u00a0Piers Park<\/a>.\u00a0 Other long term Harlem residents may remember when this area was an unappealing parking lot.\u00a0 It is now a two-acre stretch of landscaped open space stretching along the Hudson River from St. Clair Place to 133<sup>rd<\/sup> Street.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5302\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 014\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-014-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5303\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 015\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-015-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Bicycle and pedestrian paths wander past recreational piers for kayaking &amp; fishing, studded by sculptures designed for the space by Jamaican-born artist <a href=\"www.nariwardstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nari Ward<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5304\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 017\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-017-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>I really enjoyed the walk \u2013 the energy and activity in the park and the ever changing views of the Hudson River.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5307\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 019\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-019-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5308\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 011\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-011-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>It is no wonder that Harlem Piers was \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/sub_your_park\/park_of_the_month\/2009_05\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Park of the Month<\/a>\u201d last May.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.msnyuhealth.org\/exchweb\/bin\/redir.asp?URL=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1103338271046%26s=4990%26e=001Dq8OqL46P8xaF2y_FWFNaoa6-hAt6TiV5SLLaumDuotQeS05UxeAjRzsUxHTNYocP4p5Z54seCJxBT9jnqr0trpQK9CtlXrrTgsTsXJ2i6A4FwxKda27nOsaTzF0JcI6IzxkY3yvBar8Okli_r8Rb4vtO84LLAd0\" target=\"_blank\">WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.msnyuhealth.org\/exchweb\/bin\/redir.asp?URL=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1103338271046%26s=4990%26e=001Dq8OqL46P8zsUBJhHz3jMsVDxu9-xUAznXHV_zaNSX5PO4ag9kajwEyAFtW-JyBJw3xLcBw3HeQ6aHtNvJnARgCtI0Iz-VqcTvdHhNI5Drg=\" target=\"_blank\">Community Board 9<\/a>, who successfully partnered to make West Harlem Piers Park a reality and who are now focused on turning the abandoned Marine Transfer Station at <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5309\" title=\"West Harlem Piers 006\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/west-harlem-piers-0062-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>135<sup>th<\/sup> Street into a community asset.<strong> <\/strong>They recently sponsored a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weact.org\/Events\/PastEvents\/135thStreetMTSCommunityVisioning2010\/tabid\/584\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Community Visioning<\/a>\u201d to help decide what the station should\u00a0become. I can\u2019t wait to see what they come up with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker A couple of Sundays ago, I took a walk along West Harlem\u00a0Piers Park.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1827,124718155],"tags":[29567,9380,124718158,8394827,36259148,124718181,45090,1675,124718164,23098594],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8114,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions\/8114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}