Astoria Park in September

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Astoria Park, postaday2016

Words aren’t even necessary, just look at how beautiful the views are at Astoria Park. The juxtaposition between the water, the sky, the birds, the trees and man’s contribution, it makes for an incredible reality.

My favorite view of the N.Y skyline

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Every time I come to visit my mother, one of the things that I do is take a nice walk around Astoria Park, it’s great exercise and the view is really nice. Even though I grew up with the view practically in my backyard, I never get tired of it, in my opinion one of the prettiest vantage places to gaze at the New York City skyline is right from Astoria Park, looking across the East River and at the city.

At night this same skyline is truly spectacular with all the lights twinkling from the buildings, the Triborough Bridge (now the RFK bridge), the Chrysler building and the Empire State Building. It truly is magnificent to see, you really get the sense that New York is definitely the city that never sleeps, the energy that emanates from across the river is very powerful. I’m sure that those who are standing in Astoria Park at night may well feel that they are missing out on some party or something when they see those twinkling lights.

I love the light show but I am still happiest in bed ready to go to sleep. I’ll leave the parties for the younger ones.

Views from my childhood park

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Since I have been staying with my hubby, I haven’t had much opportunity to do much walking. I love walking and when I go without it for even a day, I start to get stressed about it and it makes me feel heavy and I start feeling down on myself. So while my hubby and my mother were out, I decided to, despite the heat, walk down to Astoria Park and across the entire park, back up to the entrance of the park and back to my mother’s house. It was a good 40 minute walk, I was sweaty beyond imagination but I felt infinitely better. I essentially walked and sweated away my dour mood. It is amazing how a good, brisk walk can alter your brain chemistry and make you feel so much better.

On the way across the park, I walked along the East River and underneath the Triborough Bridge and Hell’s Gate Bridge and there was where I took my pictures. I spent so many days hanging out in Astoria Park right by the river when I was growing up. It was the place to be if you were a teenager and if you were a young adult with a cool car, then this was definitely the place to show off your wheels. Many memories came flooding back during my walk and it is nice to see that the park is still so nice and a haven for families and young people, they were everywhere while I was walking; laid out on the grass sunbathing, watching speed boats going back and forth near the river, children playing at the playground and tons of people taking advantage of the huge pool and the sprinklers in the heart of Astoria Park.

It is a great feeling to see a place from your youth still be appreciated and be kept up so that it is still a great place in the present day, instead of being condemned to “in the olden days this was such a great place” which unfortunately seems to happen way too easily. Here are my pictures.