Across the Hudson River from Nw York is "the Palisades". Yes, I know, for those of us from LA, "The Palisades" is where Arnold lived and is kind of the Hollywood hills for Santa Monica Republicans (which are leftists in any other state). But, in New York, the "Palisades" is the New Jersey area across from The Cloisters (now part of The Met). It is preserved because one of the Rockefellers had a Museum built in Ne York, and didn't want the parklands across the river to develop and spoil his view.
Later, this plaything of the rich and famous was donated to New Jersey as state parkland.* It isn't kept up super well, but it is still available for hiking and barbecuing.
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| Bloomer Beach (north) |
This is "Bloomer Beach". Back before the George Washington Bridge was completed (1931), ferries used to go from New York's North Manhattan and the Bronx across the river to this area. It was part of a string of beaches along the Hudson people swam at. Over 400,000 people a year would bath here.
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| Bloomer Beach (south) |
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| A view of the hike along the Hudson. |
It was a pleasant lunch walk.
*Note: Old rich people were not "better" than current rich people, but we used to tax their fortunes after they died. they often gifted land or infrastructure to offset these taxes. That is how Americans got the Palisades, Acadia National Park, San Simeon, the Frick Museum, Pinnacles National Park and countless other slices of American beauty and history.
Now we call it a "death tax" and Republicans hate it. Public good is trumped by private desire to give generational wealth.
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