Walking towards the Westside this morning, I eyed one of my favorite New York relics. Before Central Park was built there was a Receiving Reservoir that sat between 79th and 86th streets and Sixth and Seventh Avenues. It was built in 1842. Locally, It became known as the Yorkville Reservoir. If you walk past the Police Pct. along the south side of 84th/85th St Transverse, look at the rough rock at the base of the building's wall. These stones were part of the old Yorkville Reservoir. In 1936 Robert Moses filled the space in. Today it's the Great Lawn - Central Park.
More public photos here.
If you like tales of old New York, it's for you, promise.
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