SHELTERED COAST WALK
Morton Street
North
to
Christopher Street
Hudson River Observation Point #1
barn swallows
Pier 42
Pile Field
2014
1982
Twin Falls Victory (John W. Brown II) schoolship alongside S.S. John W. Brown
Park West High School
Board of Education of the City of New York (NYC Maritime Trade High School annex) |
1967
S.S. John W. Brown
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1963
SS Stavangerfjord
STAVANGERFJORD at Pier 42 North River - December 1963
(Photograph Theodore W. Scull Collection.) http://worldshipny.com/stavang63.shtml |
1951
Credit:
New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery NYC Department of Records |
Morton Street North
Observation Point
Looking north one sees a mixture of deciduous broadleaf trees, evergreen conifers, flowering trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, and wildflowers. On the left beside the walkway, most of the vegetation is native to Asia. On the lawn and to the right, the plants are native to North America, with some exceptions. Birds like cardinals and robins may be seen here all year round and migrating birds such as hermit thrushes, warblers, and several kinds of sparrows pass through in spring and fall. Insects and spiders can often be found on the shrubs to the left. In damp weather mushrooms of various sorts may appear for brief periods beneath the trees and shrubs.
On or beside the
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On the
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Beside the
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English Oaks (4)
European
Look for
Feeding holes made by Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker on the trunk
Feeding holes made by Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker on the trunk
Black Tupelo
Native
Winterberry
Native
Spirea Gold Mound
Butterly Bush (2)
Sweetbay Magnolia (3)
Native
Compact Inkberry
Native
Red Oak
American Sweetgum
Native
Ginkgo
Asian
Look for
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker feeding holes on trunk
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Bowles Periwinkle
European
Toxic
Wild
Silver Lindens (8)
Asian
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