Category: Site_visit

1 May 2023 ff, Φ ♣ NYC Parks

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1.5.2023 ff, NYC Parks

List of New York City parks, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_parks: … Three entities manage parks within New York City, each with its own responsibilities: Federal – US National Park Service (NPS) – both open-space and historic properties; State – New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSP); Municipal – New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) …

Central Park: see 1 May 2023ff

The High Line: see 2 May 2023

Bryant Park, https://bryantpark.org/: Bryant Park is one of the world’s busiest public spaces. More than 12 million people per year visit the park …

Jefferson Market Garden, www.jeffersonmarketgarden.org/: … Mission Statement: To provide stewardship for a beautiful garden where the community and visitors can enjoy tranquil surroundings in our hectic urban environment … From Market to Jail to Garden … the community created a public green space in place of the women’s prison. A newly formed committee of local residents became its stewards, and in the spring of 1975, Jefferson Market Garden’s first flowers bloomed …

Little Island Park, https://littleisland.org/: … a new public park, located in Hudson River Park, where all New Yorkers and visitors can experience nature and art in a unique urban oasis on the Hudson River … Move your body – Add Little Island to your running route or utilize our spaces for your daily yoga routine …

Thomas Paine Park, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/thomas-paine-park: This park in the heart of New York City’s civic center is named for patriot, author, humanitarian, and political visionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) …

1 May 2023 ff, ♣ NYC: Central Park

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1.5.2023 ff, ♣ NYC: Central Park

Public art in Central Park, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_art_in_Central_Park: … Until recently, depictions of real (as opposed to imaginary) humans have been men, whereas depictions of women have been either mythological characters (angels or goddesses) or characters from literature. The installation in 2020 of the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument, depicting three female activists, was a first step in addressing this oversight …

Central Park, www.britannica.com/place/Central-Park-New-York-City: largest and most important public park in Manhattan … 840 acres (340 hectares) … extends between 59th and 110th streets (about 2.5 miles [4 km]) and between Fifth and Eighth avenues (about 0.5 miles [0.8 km]) … one of the first American parks to be developed using landscape architecture techniques … In the 1840s the increasing urbanization of Manhattan prompted the poet-editor William Cullen Bryant and the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing to call for a new, large park to be built on the island … A plan was devised by the architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux that would preserve and enhance the natural features of the terrain to provide a pastoral park for city dwellers … During the park’s … construction millions of cartloads of dirt and topsoil were shifted to build the terrain, about 5,000,000 trees and shrubs were planted, a water-supply system was laid, and many bridges, arches, and roads were constructed. The completed Central Park officially opened in 1876 … The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in the park, facing Fifth Avenue …

1 May 2023, Φ New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)

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1.5.2023, Φ New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)

New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), www.nyam.org/: … a leading voice for innovation in public health. Throughout its 176-year history, NYAM has uniquely championed bold changes to the systems that perpetuate health … Today, this work includes innovative research, programs and policy initiatives that distinctively value community input … Combined with NYAM’s trusted public programming and historic library, and with the support of esteemed Fellows and Members, NYAM’s Impact as a public health leader continues … The Center for Healthy Aging works to improve the health and well-being of older adults … we work to make both immediate and long-term systemic changes to ensure a healthy life for generations to come … focused on improving critical elements of healthy living for older adults including: Social, physical, and economic participation; Positive perceptions of well-being, quality of life, and autonomy; Improved functional ability and minimized activity limitations; Excellent healthcare and services. … a multi-disciplined approach to informing and shaping practices, programs and policy including: Convening for policy and practice change; Promoting data-driven policy and planning … The Library and its Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health support … a deeper understanding of the many and varied forces that have shaped medicine and public health from ancient times to the present day. The Library fosters engagement with its historical materials for scholars and the public and organizes public events that use history to better understand current-day issues. We safeguard the heritage of medicine to inform the future of health.

Sample source from the library: John Duffy (1968): A history of Public Health in New York City 1625-1866. Russel Sage Foundation, New York.

Visited: 1 May 2023 (Library), 3 May 2023 (Center for Healthy Ageing)

30 Apr 2023, ♣ NYC: The Met Cloisters

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30.4.2023, ♣ NYC: The Met Cloisters

The (Met) Cloisters, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloisters: … a museum in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan … situated in Fort Tryon Park, specializes in European medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Governed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art … large collection of medieval artworks shown in the architectural settings of French monasteries and abbeys. Its buildings are centered around four cloisters … that were acquired … in France before 1913, and moved to New York … bought for the museum by financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr … The museum’s building … contains medieval gardens and a series of chapels and themed galleries … The design, layout, and ambiance of the building are intended to evoke a sense of medieval European monastic life …

Also: www.metmuseum.org, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park, New York, NY 10040

30 Apr 2023 ff, Φ New York City (NYC), incl. Department of Health and NY University

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30.4.2023 ff, Φ New York City (NYC), incl. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and New York University (NYU)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City: With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 … the most densely populated major city in the United States … located at the southern tip of New York state … With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical …, … one of the world’s most populous megacities … sometimes described as the capital of the world … comprises five boroughs …: Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), and Staten Island (Richmond County) … As of 2023, … the most expensive city in the world for expatriates to live …

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Department_of_Health_and_Mental_Hygiene: … initially set up as the Health Committee …, a quasi-governmental public health group in response to a yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793 … NYC is organized into 30 health districts …, themselves composed of 354 health areas which are sets of census tracts. NYC is also organized into 17 mental health regions … departmental hierarchy … [incl.] Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Health … [Section] Environmental Surveillance and Policy …

New York University (NYU), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University: … a private research university … Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature … In 1832, the non-denominational … institution began its first classes … The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park …  the largest private university in the United States by enrollment … NYU main campus in the New York City is organized into ten undergraduate schools …

www.nyu.edu/: Since its founding in 1831, NYU has been an innovator in higher education, reaching out to an emerging middle class, embracing an urban identity and professional focus, and promoting a global vision that informs its 20 schools and colleges … [incl.] School of Global Public Health …