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June, 2011, St Mary's Park in the Bronx in NYC. A group of Congueros who meet regularly in the park led by percussionist and singer, Luis Antonio Rivera (center).
The sense of community and friendship that feeds this music is remarkable. This is part of a planned South Bronx series of images inspired by fond memories. of having lived in this area a looong time ago..... The South Bronx has a special place in my heart.
Gathering before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY June Pre-Ride at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 24 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Same House 70 years later. Built in 1940 by H Barber and Son, homebulders for the Joseph M. Sala, Jr. family.
Across the road from the Flower Park, the tennis courts are open, and in use, as well as the basketball.
The Phoenix Community Centre is not open, nor the bowling green, but it was being cut as I walked past; a green I always enjoyed playing on.
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Step-off from St. Mary's Park along St. Mary's Street en route to Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY June Pre-Ride at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 24 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Looking (more or less) east across one side of the park to the other. Surprisingly quiet, considering this photo was taken on a Saturday!
St. Mary's Park is more like a large open space near the centre of my hometown - the 'park' bit is really the kid's play area you can see part of on the far right of the pic, and St. Mary's church is just in front of it (not far from where this pic was taken, in fact).
June, 2011, St Mary's Park in the Bronx in NYC. A group of Congueros who meet regularly in the park led by percussionist and singer, Luis Antonio Rivera.
The sense of community and friendship that feeds this music is remarkable. This is part of a planned South Bronx series of images inspired by fond memories. of having lived in this area a looong time ago..... The South Bronx has a special place in my heart.
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes BMORE BIKE PARTY ongoing project at elvertbarnes.com/BmoreBikeParty.html
Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
St. Mary's Park in the 500 block of St. Mary's Street in Baltimore MD on Sunday afternoon, 2 July 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography
INDEPENDENCE DAY 4 July 2017 Project
BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY June Pre-Ride Start from St. Mary's Park at Druid Hill Avenue and North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 24 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Historic Seminary Chapel, Mother Seton House and St. Mary's Spiritual Center at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Sunday afternoon, 2 July 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography
INDEPENDENCE DAY 4 July 2017 Project
St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Sunday afternoon, 2 July 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography
INDEPENDENCE DAY 4 July 2017 Project
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
#Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 11AM - 3PM
Location: #stmaryspark, #MottHaven, #inthebronx, on East 149th and Eagle by the big rock
We are riding from St. Mary's Park and heading to the Randall's Island to visit and learn about the Randall's Island Urban Farm located on the Wards Meadow Loop in New York City, NY.
The family-friendly ride are for all ages, all fitness levels and supporting tandem bikes, bike carriers, cargo bikes and handcycles.
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#nationalbikemonth #bronxweek2019 #bronxweek #not62 #southbronx #thebronxdoesitbetter #bikemonth #bikelife #bicycle #bikenyc #nycbikelife #newyorkcity #biking #bikeride #nyc #nightrunning #bikecommuter #bikesafety #safecycling #recyclebicycle
The Intandem Bikes @intandembike will provide #FREE bike lessons and rides for people with disabilities. The team, will provide additional information about the bicycle program which occurs on Thursday evenings in Central Park.
Norma Colon, Iyengar Yoga & Iyengar Yoga National Association of US and founder of Yoga Norma will provide FREE #outdooryoga for adults. The yoga class welcomes the deaf community, ASL Interpreter provided upon request.
BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Step-off from St. Mary's Park along St. Mary's Street en route to Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Friday, 6 September 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK at exbphotos2019.blogspot.com/2019/09/friday-6-september-201...
June, 2011, St Mary's Park in the Bronx in NYC. A group of Congueros who meet regularly in the park led by percussionist and singer, Luis Antonio Rivera (center).
The sense of community and friendship that feeds this music is remarkable. This is part of a planned South Bronx series of images inspired by fond memories. of having lived in this area a looong time ago..... The South Bronx has a special place in my heart.
See slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/artedelares/sets/72157627130003394/
St. Mary’s Park is a central recreational resource in the South Bronx. In my family photo albums there are numerous images of picnics and the boys climbing various paths and rocks. When my family moved to the Bronx from Indiana, my brothers and I joined the recreation center there where we learned to swim in the indoor pool. The center was a nurturing retreat in the heat of summer and the withering cold of winter. St. Mary’s Park is where I learned to play handball and discovered the adolescent joys of male friendship and girls. The images in this series are a reminder of those sweet and innocent times.
St. Mary’s Park, one of the six original parks in the Bronx, spans the history of the borough from the settler era to urban development. The park site was once part of the estate of Jonas Bronck (1600-43), for whom the Bronx is named. During the Revolutionary War, a group of Loyalist military refugees camped here. Years later the land was held by the family of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), one of the authors of the U.S. Constitution. After 1857 the area was known as “Janes’ Hill” for owner Adrian Janes of Janes, Kirtland & Co. Iron Works, a local foundry that manufactured bridges for Central Park, railings for the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 8,909,200-pound dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
In 1874 New York City annexed parts of the southern Bronx (formerly lower Westchester County). Seeking to create public parks in the Bronx, journalist John Mullaly (1835-1915) founded the New York Park Association in 1881. His efforts culminated in the 1884 New Parks Act and the city’s 1888-90 purchase of lands for Van Cortlandt, Claremont, Crotona, Bronx, St. Mary’s, and Pelham Bay Parks and the Moshulu, Pelham and Crotona Parkways. St. Mary’s Park was named for a Protestant Episcopal church that stood three blocks to the west until 1959.
In 1887, Mullaly described the site of St. Mary’s Park as “isolated and alone, perfect in itself, its miniature loveliness challenging comparison with the largest and fairest of its compeers.” He continued: “Its area is twenty-five acres and one-third, and within that limited space all the points that constitute the charm of a public pleasure ground are to be found in abundance: wood and water, trees and shrubs, hill and valley, barren rocks and emerald meadows; and all these so disposed that one form of beauty heightens the other by contrast.” Adding to nature’s design, architects arranged winding paths and roads, benches, fences, trees, shrubs, flowers, and buildings (such as a concert stand). In 1903, Parks granted the New York Central Railroad permission to lay tracks underneath the park. The line was eventually abandoned, and the 1.2 acres occupied by the tracks were returned to the park in 1912; an additional .8 acre was added in 1968.
The park led the way in the development of recreation programs in the Bronx. The borough’s first playground opened in St. Mary’s Park in 1914. At this time, the park also had a baseball diamond, two tennis courts, and a children’s farm garden. In response to rapid population growth and residential construction in the neighborhood, three additional playgrounds opened in the park between 1938 and 1941. After World War II, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses inaugurated a city-wide recreation program to provide places to play and socialize in cold weather months. New York’s first full-service, indoor recreation center opened at St. Mary’s in 1951. Designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford, and Forbes, the building housed an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, locker and shower rooms, and meeting rooms for classes and community programs. Murals of Marvel Comics superheroes were painted in the center in the early 1970s and repainted in 1991.
In 1996, a quarter-mile fitness loop and two additional tennis courts were installed in St. Mary’s Park with city funds allocated by the City Council. In 2006, Parks completed the installation of synthetic turf at Saint Mary’s Park.
BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY June Pre-Ride Start from St. Mary's Park at Druid Hill Avenue and North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 24 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Historic Seminary Chapel, Mother Seton House and St. Mary's Spiritual Center at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Sunday afternoon, 2 July 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography
INDEPENDENCE DAY 4 July 2017 Project
BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Step-off from St. Mary's Park along St. Mary's Street en route to Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes BMORE BIKE PARTY ongoing project at elvertbarnes.com/BmoreBikeParty.html
Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes BMORE BIKE PARTY ongoing project at elvertbarnes.com/BmoreBikeParty.html
Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes BMORE BIKE PARTY ongoing project at elvertbarnes.com/BmoreBikeParty.html
Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY June Pre-Ride Start from St. Mary's Park at Druid Hill Avenue and North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 24 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FRISBEE
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Elvert Barnes BMORE BIKE PARTY ongoing project at elvertbarnes.com/BmoreBikeParty.html
Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html
Gathering Before BALTIMORE BIKE PARTY RIDE Start at St. Mary's Park at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore MD on Friday evening, 30 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes 2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/LDW2019.html