Check out Yonkers' historic sites, places to go through photos in lohud on location
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A springtime view of a small portion of the garden with the Temple of Love looming in the background, at Untermyer Park and Gardens in Yonkers. This 43-acre public garden, created in 1917 by Samuel and Minnie Untermyer, combines exceptional horticulture, monumental architecture, and multicultural design in a majestic natural setting overlooking the Hudson River. Admission to the garden, a municipal park owned by the City of Yonkers, is free of charge.
A view of the plaza and fountain at Ridge Hill. It's an open-air shopping mall with international brands, restaurants, a cinema and kids' play area. The grand opening of the mall was in 2011. It is located between Interstate 87 and the Sprain Brook Parkway. The center was built on an 84-acre parcel of land purchased from the City of Yonkers. It was developed by Forest City Ratner Companies, Forest City's New York subsidiary.
A view of the newly built Lionsgate studios in Yonkers, at the Great Point Studios on Wells Avenue. Lionsgate Studios is located in the vibrant Downtown-Waterfront District. With over 1,000,000 square feet of stages, office, support space, and city street backlots, the Lionsgate Studio campus represents one of the largest dedicated video and film production facilities on the East Coast, leading Yonkers to be known as Hollywood on the Hudson.
A view of the Guastavino tiled ceiling at the historic Yonkers train station. The Beaux Arts style station, built circa 1911 by the New York Central Railroad, was designed by Warren and Wetmore, who are best known for their design of Grand Central Terminal. An express commuter train can get you to midtown in about 32 minutes.
A view of the Daylighting of the Saw Mill River at Van der Donck Park in Yonkers. Buried for nearly a century beneath the streets of downtown Yonkers, the Saw Mill River is now flowing in broad daylight through Larkin Plaza thanks to a $19 million public works project. The daylighting includes the creation of a natural habitat for migratory fish passage focusing on American eel, white perch and herring that will migrate into the open ponds.
A view of the Yonkers waterfront including the city pier, as seen from the Alpine lookout in New Jersey. From the city website, In the 1640s Adriaen Van der Donck received a grant of land from the Dutch East India Company, which he called Colon Donck, and built one of the first sawmills in the New World at the junction of the Hudson and Nepperhan Rivers. Van der Donck was referred to as Jonk Herr ("young Gentleman" or "young Nobleman") by reason of his status in Holland, and these words evolved through several changes to The Younkers, The Yonkers and finally to the present Yonkers.
The valet carport at Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts at Yonkers Raceway. Founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, the track is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track with video lottery terminals in the gaming area. The casino is located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue. Seeking a full-scale casino license would allow Empire City, which currently has a license that allows for video lottery terminals and electronic table games, to have Vegas-style slot machines, retail sports betting and live dealer table games.
People float on tubes on The River, under the spray of water jets, at Tibbetts Brook Park. Tibbetts Brook Park is one of the first parks developed by Westchester County. This 161-acre park offers many recreational activities throughout the year. This beautiful park features an exciting aquatic complex, a Tudor-revival-style bathhouse, tennis courts, pickleball courts, soccer fields and plenty of picnic areas.
The exterior of Glenview, an 1877 Gilded Age home on the National Register of Historic Places that was designed by architect Charles W. Clinton and is part of the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. It was the home of former banker and stockbroker John Bond Trevor and his family who lived in the gothic style home from 1877-1922 and now the home is open for tours.
Fireworks burst behind the City Hall clock tower during the city's 4th of July celebration. Yonkers City Hall was built between 1907 and 1910 and was designed by H. Lansing Quick in the Beaux-Arts style. The nearby Philipse Manor Hall was the site of the first Yonkers Village Hall and City Hall from 1868 to approximately 1906.
About Mark Vergari: A lifelong Yonkers resident, Mark has been a staff photographer with The Journal News and its predecessors since graduating from Syracuse University in 1983. He has photographed everything in and around his Lower Hudson community from high school sports and parades to food and protests, and has covered three popes (twice at the Vatican), the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and national sporting events. Before the pandemic, when we all worked together in an “office” setting, Mark enjoyed baking cheesecakes and sharing them with his colleagues. Instagram: @markvergari
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