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If you long for some quiet from the Manhattan crowds, then the 1,146 acres of Van Cortlandt Park is made for you. This is the third largest park in New York City, but one of the least well known. It is filled with playgrounds, fields, picnic areas, a lake, and the Van Cortlandt House Museum. There is also a swimming pool, horseback riding and stables, a golf course, cross-country skiing trails, tennis courts, two nature trails and a bird sanctuary. Admission is free.
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… in New York was to be a quiet one settling in and seeing the New York Botanical Gardens. They had lunch… continue reading »
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…. We take a bus ride through Harlem and then stop at Sylvia's Cafe for dinner. We have Corn Bread… continue reading »
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