Sunday, April 18, 2021

Governor Island New York USA


Fort Jay

Fort Jay is a coastal star fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the Federalist Party, New York governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme CourtSecretary of State, and one of the founding fathers of the United States. It was built in 1794 to defend Upper New York Bay, but has served other purposes. From 1806 to 1904 it was named Fort Columbus, presumably for explorer Christopher Columbus. Today, the National Park Service administers Fort Jay and Castle Williams as the Governors Island National Monument.







Governors Island is a 172-acre island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located approximately 800 yards south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from Brooklyn to the east by the 400-yard-wide Buttermilk Channel. Wikipedia
Area: 172 acres
Purpose

State Island New York ISA

What is Staten Island known for?
Staten Island boasts more than 9,300 acres of parkland, giving it the nickname as the greenest borough.
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14 Top-Rated Attractions & Things to Do on Staten Island, NY
  • Staten Island Ferry. ...
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. ...
  • Chinese Scholar's Garden. ...
  • Staten Island Museum. ...
  • National Lighthouse Museum. ...
  • Fort Wadsworth.

Staten Island boasts more than 9,300 acres of parkland, giving it the nickname as the greenest borough. Often referred to by its residents as the "forgotten borough," this southernmost borough has unique attractions that make it stand out from the rest of New York City.

The borough once held the record for having the largest landfill in the world, but it has since turned its trash into treasure by cleaning and repurposing the land for a sprawling public park, known as Fresh Kills Park, set to open in its entirety in 2036. Another restored and reimagined gem is the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, providing visitors a place to visit for contemplation among Ming Dynasty gardens of the Chinese Scholar's Garden and Temple Row's Greek Revival buildings.

There's no subway connecting Staten Island to the rest of the boroughs. However, within the island, you'll find a rapid transit line by the Staten Island Railway (SIR).

Sitting right underneath Bayonne in New Jersey, it seems more a part of the Garden State than New York, but nevertheless it's an essential part of the Big Apple, and it's just a 25-minute ride on the Staten Island Ferry from Manhattan and a quick car ride from Brooklyn over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.


nug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

The Smithsonian-affiliated Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden is a cultural and natural oasis not too far from the St. George Ferry Terminal, situated on the north shore of the island.

Spread across an 83-acre campus, former retirement buildings for sailors are now part of a regional cultural center featuring a number of highlights, including the 19th-century Greek Revival buildings on Temple Row, Staten Island Children's Museum, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Botanical Garden, and the Staten Island Museum.

On the grounds, you will also find a chapel and one of the oldest concert halls in the country. You can easily spend an entire day with your family, exploring the various cultural institutions and wandering about the gardens.

For those interested in haunted experiences, there are several tours available to explore the ghosts of Snug Harbor's buildings - the Butcher's Cottage, Matron's House, and the former Surgeon's House.

Address: 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York

Official site: https://snug-harbor.org/


Our Lady of Rosary Church Lower Manhattan New York USA


OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY


  • Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
    Seton Shrine
    7 State Street
    New York, NY 10004


  • History

    Our Lady of the Rosary began through the inspiration of Charlotte Grace O’Brien, another faithful woman, who, like Elizabeth Seton, was born a Protestant. The daughter of the famous Irish patriot and rebel William Smith O’Brien, Charlotte O’Brien’s concern for young female Irish immigrants victimized in America led first to the establishment of an Irish immigrant mission and then a church serving the people of lower Manhattan.
     
    In 1881 O’Brien watched young Irish girls being herded aboard a steamship in Dublin. Bound for America, the steamship carried young women from Ireland to an uncertain future in the New World as participants of a British government policy of assisted immigration. O’Brien knew that as soon as they disembarked at Castle Garden, these young immigrants would be preyed upon by individuals who, by offering assistance with jobs or lodging, lured them into brothels. 
     
    In 1882, O’Brien travelled to New York on an emigrant ship to learn firsthand what the real circumstances were.  Her experience convinced her that she had a duty to help these young women.  As her advocate in this endeavor she chose Bishop John Ireland of St. Paul, Minnesota, who had established a program that resettled impoverished Irish immigrant families from eastern slums on farms in the Midwestern United States.
     
    O’Brien met with Bishop Ireland and proposed a mission consisting of an information bureau at Castle Garden, a temporary shelter to provide accommodation for immigrants, and a chapel. The Archbishop sympathized with the dire situation O’Brien laid out and promised his support of providing assistance until the young women could contact relatives or secure employment.  He approached Irish societies and secured the cooperation of John Cardinal McCloskey of New York.

    The mission was established in 1883 with Father John Joseph Riordan as its pastor. Following O’Brien’s plan, Fr. Riordan had three goals for the project: to establish a Catholic Bureau at Castle Garden to provide information and counseling to arriving immigrants, to offer temporary housing for immigrants while they waited be reunited with their families or friends or until they found work, and to establish a chapel for the spiritual support of immigrants.
     
    Riordan bought property on State Street in 1885 and immediately began the task of looking after the young Irish girls as soon as they arrived in New York City. He played no favorites. Any girl was welcome no matter what her religious belief. Before the tide of immigration had died down, the mission befriended more than 100,000 immigrant girls (of whom 65,000 are listed in the parish archives). Not one of them had to pay anything for the assistance they received—the whole project was purely an act of Christian charity.  Click here for more information on the Irish Mission at Watson House.
     
    In 1886 Cardinal McCloskey divided St. Peter’s Parish and directed that the 1500 Catholics living in Lower Manhattan and on the Harbor Islands be constituted as the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary.
     
    The mission occupied two buildings on State Street—8 State, where Elizabeth Seton had lived between 1801 and 1803 and bore her fifth and last child—and 7 State, the Watson House, built by importer James Watson in 1793.  Inside these two buildings were a reading room, offices, and temporary accommodations for immigrant girls.  An 1897 New York Times article described how the “grand salon of the old mansion” had been turned into a chapel.
     
    By the early 1960s both buildings had deteriorated to the point that 8 State Street, Elizabeth Seton’s former home, was demolished, and the Watson House next door was gutted inside and reconstructed as a rectory.  Architects Walter Knight Sturges and Joseph Sanford Shanley, who was a descendant of Mother Seton, designed a new church for the 8 State Street site in a style that drew from the Federal and Georgian periods to complement the Watson House next door.  It is said that Sturges and Shanley planned the sanctuary to be reminiscent of a ballroom because of Elizabeth Seton’s love of dancing.  Outside, above the entrance looking out over New York harbor, is a white marble statue of Mother Seton sculpted by Robert E. Gaspari.  Francis Cardinal Spellman dedicated the shrine on September 8, 1965.
     
    Charlotte Grace O’Brien returned to Ireland before having the chance to see the completion of the mission she was largely responsible for creating.  However, upon returning to Ireland, she was received into the Catholic Church, the church of her ancestors. 

    In 2015, the Parish of the Our Lady of the Rosary was merged back into St Peter's Parish to form St Peter -Our Lady of Our Rosary Parish.

 St Peter - Our Lady of the Rosary
Parish Center Office
(Entrance on Church Street)
22 Barclay Street
New York, NY 10007

Open Monday-Thursday 10:30 am -3:30 pm  
and Saturday 9:00 AM to Noon
212-233-8355
info@spcolr.org
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