Orlando Camargo Elected to Friends of Morningside Park Board
We are pleased to announce the election of new Board member Orlando Camargo. Orlando joins the organization's leadership team with a...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Apr 122 min read
April Throwback - The Who at Morningside Park and the Sorry State of the Carl Schurz Monument Today
On April 5, 1968 photographer Art Kane working for Life Magazine assembled the members of The Who for a photo shoot at the Carl Schurz...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Apr 91 min read
Your Participatory Budgeting Vote Can Help Morningside Park!
This is participatory budgeting vote week and it's not too late to vote for improvements to the park entrance at West 110th Street and...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Feb 211 min read
Throwback Thursday - All the way back to our founding in 1981!
We've uncovered two amazing gems from our organizations archives. A paste up of the first flyer for the first meeting of the group on...
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Brad Taylor
Dec 28, 20233 min read
PRESIDENT'S YEAR END LETTER - HELP US BUILD ON A BANNER YEAR
Dear Friends, As 2023 draws to a close we celebrate major milestones and the enormous progress we have made together while recognizing...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Dec 9, 20231 min read
ACTION NEEDED! No More Funding Cuts to Parks
We're not ones to forward emails but sometimes exceptions must be made and this message from City Parks Foundation meets that high bar....
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Jill Grossman
Aug 11, 20232 min read
Water Water Everywhere
It’s been 55 years since Columbia's bulldozers rolled into Morningside Park in a failed attempt to build a gymnasium on the site in 1968,...
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Jill Grossman
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Free Yoga Wednesdays
This summer patrons of Morningside Park have had the benefit of free yoga classes every Wednesday provided by the Harlem Wellness Center....
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Friends of Morningside Park
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Petition to Fix the Morningside Park Waterfall and Pond.
The Morningside Park Waterfall has not worked in years and the Morningside Park Pond seems to be plagued with Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS)...
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Friends of Morningside Park
May 26, 20231 min read
Park Explorers Kick off Summer
This week we kicked off the return of one of our favorite community programs, Park Explorers, for youth 4-7yrs. This year’s free program...
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Friends of Morningside Park
May 16, 20231 min read
Remembering Bill Perkins
We were stunned and saddened to hear of the death of former New York State Senator and New York City Council Member Bill Perkins this...
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Friends of Morningside Park
May 5, 20231 min read
4 FREE Walking Tours This Weekend. Sign Up Now!
We have built our 90 minute #JanesWalkNYC tours around the theme of Community, Conflict and Common Ground. The tours encourage discussion...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Interested in volunteering in Morningside Park? Here's how.
Morningside Park’s 30 acres – including gardens, trees, paths, playgrounds and pond – need constant upkeep to maintain a welcoming space...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Learn about Morningside Park’s Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants with "Wildman" Steve Brill
Family-friendly and Hand's On Tour This foraging expedition will take you through Morningside Park, which is a haven for native plants...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Feb 22, 20231 min read
Harlem Youth Gardeners Program 2023 Application is Open!
Thanks to a generous grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation we are once again able to offer this amazing paid learning...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Volunteer Second Saturdays in the Park Returns with a Special Event
OUR 2023 VOLUNTEER SEASON KICKS OFF IN MARCH March 11 will be the official start of the 2023 volunteer season! Volunteer Second Saturdays...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Jan 24, 20233 min read
What a fabulous year 2022 has been and 2023 promises to be even better!
Photo: ©2022 Saundra Kin Happy New Year! 2023 Promises To Be Another Wonderful Year in the Park. The fabulous rainbow above is surely an...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Dec 12, 20221 min read
It's Not Just Street Trees -- Park Trees Are Now on the City Tree Map!
What an amazing resource. Check it out at https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/ Can you find the stunning American Sycamore at the north end...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Dec 12, 20221 min read
"Rockefeller Center Has Got Nothing On Us"
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine spoke those words as we prepared to light the tallest living holiday tree in a New York City...
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Friends of Morningside Park
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Path Repaving is Starting Soon, plus Park Cafe Update
We wanted to get the word out to park users that NYC Parks plans to start a much needed path repaving project on the lower park paths...
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