Parks Photo Gallery: Photographers’ Journal
2009 Citywide Beach Volleyball Tournament: Men's Finals
Thursday, October 15 2009
Our annual Citywide Beach Volleyball Tournament, the largest free amateur beach volleyball competition on the East Coast, gives both experienced players and casual novices the opportunity to play in a competitive tournament at a world-famous venue.
Parks Photographer Malcolm Pinckney headed to Coney Island on a sunny
Sunday in July to catch the action on our sand volleyball courts.
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GreenThumb Harvest Fair
Saturday, September 12 2009
The 2009 Fall Harvest Fair, presented by Parks, GreenThumb, Just Food, and the New York Botanical Garden, featured a harvest fair competition, an end-of-the-season seed exchange, kids' activities, food, and live music. In addition to the annual festivities, this year's Harvest Fair, held at the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx, featured the first ever Farmy Olympics with activities like a potato sack race, flower arranging, and a 'seed-to-harvest' race.
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New Amsterdam Village
Tuesday, September 8 2009
For ten days in early September 2009, twelve traditional Dutch canal houses, a windmill, and a stage transformed Bowling Green Plaza in Downtown Manhattan into a New Amsterdam Village featuring well-known Dutch crafts such as wooden shoe-making, Delft blue painting, and glass blowing. Produced by the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality in cooperation with the Netherlands Embassy in Washington and the Netherlands Consulate General in New York, the New Amsterdam Village displayed the roles the Netherlands plays in the agri-food business industry and presented a model of a Dutch greenhouse. Customary Dutch foods such as cheese, beer, herring, and "dollar" pancakes were available to sample while Dutch flower bulbs and cut flowers were available to purchase.
Daniel Avila's colorful photographs capture the merriment within the village.
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Adventures NYC
Tuesday, September 8 2009
On Saturday, August 29, thousands of New Yorkers took to the great outdoors at the 5th Annual Adventures NYC, a one-day event in Central Park that creates the largest FREE outdoor sports playground in the City. Attendees rock climbed on four walls, paddled in kayaks on the Lake, and tried yoga, arts & crafts, and other outdoor fun.
Enjoy Parks Photographer Daniel Avila's documentation of the day and start getting excited for even MORE fun next year.
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Central Park Storm Damage
Wednesday, August 19 2009
On the evening of Tuesday, August 18, 2009, a powerful storm with winds in excess of 80 m.p.h. ripped through Central Park, Riverside Park, Thomas Jefferson Park, and Randall's Island, damaging at least one thousand trees.
Parks photographer Malcolm Pinckney's riveting pictures of felled Central Park trees illustrate the extent of the devastation.
To help our parks recover from this damage, please consider making a donation to the Central Park Conservancy or Riverside Park Fund.
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