Mount Loretto Unique Area is a New York State Park maintained by the New York State Dept. or Environmental Conservation. It is located on Raritan bay in Pleasant Plains neighborhood of Staten Island, near its southern tip. As you can judge by a simple google search, Mount Loretto has something for most anyone looking for something special in the city. Its not just a romantic sea view there are --amazing birds, plants, trees, sea life (seals and horseshoe crabs and sea shells), and lots and lots of sweet round rocks!...

The Phantom Guns of Wadsworth

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

Sean already posted the definitive Fort Wadsworth post, but I just wanted to share some additional photos to flesh the place out, particularly the now-empty gun placements. Upon its completion in fall 1964, the Verrazano Bridge rendered Fort Wadsworth (in operation since 1663) virtually useless, at least what of it hadn't already slipped into antiquity. The entire site is a National Park, and although much of it is clean, secure and manicured, little of that is publicly-accessible (on any regular basis, outside of tours) and much...

Hell's Mouth

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

Near where Fort Wadsworth and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge meet... Staten Island, NY...

Richmond Ice Company

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

The now-forgotten Richmond Ice Company building Staten Island, NY apeshall.blogspot.com/2008/12/richmond-ice-co.html

New Asha Sri Lankan Restaurant

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

The best Sri Lankan restaurant in NYC... New Asha Sri Lankan Restaurant 322 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10304 (718) 420-0649 Conveniently, theres a bus-stop right in front of the place. www.newasharestaurant.com

Rosebank Yacht Club

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

Stickfigure Sisyphus A dredge barge with the gum factory in the background Ping Lover The End Brought to you buy the dilapidated boats and decaying barges of Rosebank, Staten Island, NYC...

The Wrigley Gum Factory

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

Built in 1917, this now-abandoned factory once housed the chicle-processing operations for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, aka Wrigley's Gum You can see the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from inside It even features a nice view of Manhattan in the middle-distance, and Brooklyn to the right, just across the Verrazano Narrows Rosebank, Staten Island, New York City...

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