Forest Park, Queens, NYC
Summer and winter photos by Will T Rogers
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Forest Park was created by the last ice age. Today it has several square miles of virgin forest with some recreation facilities
The park is managed from offices at The Overlook
Marching band concerts were given on summertime Sundays long, long ago
Bench along one of the hiking trails in park
Park vegetation offers subjects for photographers & painters
Park has had this Muller brothers carousel since 1903
Carousels or merry-go-rounds were inspired by medeviel jousting exercises where knights rode horses in a tight circle spearing small rings hanging above the circle path; some carousels mimic this exercise with metal rings riders try to grab
New amusement added to carousel
Carousel at upper right
Was a golfers' clubhouse decades ago; now called Oak Ridge
Park has many courts; years ago some were made of clay
Non-electric tracks run through Forest Park for occasional freight trains
Passenger trains like this do not run through the park anymore
A train from central Queens to Rockaway Beach and Atlantic Ocean once ran through park; some bits of rail still show
Parks need protection from fire
Roadway passes over park
Just beyond park
Park grows its own plants in greenhouse
Will detect invaders from outer space :)
Playground art
Near playground
Photographer plays with playground art and parking sign
Present pond is a reconstruction of original pair of ice-age created ponds that were filled in for softball courts then removed. Named after Pfc Lawrence Strack (1948-1967)
Pond as seen through bushes
Original ponds had more open space around them
One block beyond park is sewer plate made in India by British company (plate etching says "Dump no waste, drains to waterways")
Just beyond park (sign has been altered)
Meanwhile back in park we have a special boulder :)
Tree in late afternoon
Who goes there?
Life after death in Forest Park
On outside window ledge one block away
Softball fields, handball courts, baseball and football fields, running track
But winters follow summers
The snow storm started the previous evening as is shown from my window
Cold subway ride to Forest Park offers up a discarded newspaper
Entrance Forest Park
Overlook at Christmas
Hard to tell when to go
And everyone in the park is talking about the snow storm
No school today!!!
Snowstorm art
Different perspective
No place to sit down today
Forest Park "Rescue Patrol" out looking for stranded travelers :)
More snowstorm art
Late-afternoon snow-laden tree copied, reversed and "stiched" to create human forms at center
When the street lights turn on, it's time to go home
Cottage snuggled in remote area of Forest Park :)
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