Untermeyer Gardens (Yonkers)
Sometimes you just want to get out of the city and do something. So I did something. A friend and I drove up to Yonkers -- on purpose -- to head to the Untermeyer Gardens estate. A century old and being restored, the gardens sprawl out on a hill overlooking the Hudson River with splendor reminiscent of Ancient Rome, Athens, or Alexandria. And there are some columns here that are about 2,000 years old. Imported, of course. Early 20th-century opulence. The Garden feel on hard times but they are being restored. This blog entry will be basically a photo dump, but I'll start with the videos I took. ...