Riverfront – Page 2 – Palisades Interstate Park

Changing Tides

By PIPC Staff | July 15, 2009 |

Dramatic changes in the ecology of the Palisades have occurred in the century since the creation of the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey.

By PIPC Staff | May 15, 2009 |

In 1909, many families still lived along the riverfront in the new park.

By PIPC Staff | January 15, 2009 |

2009 marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s epochal voyage — and the hundredth of the dedication of the Palisades Interstate Park.

By PIPC Staff | May 15, 2004 |

The intriguing seedpods of the water chestnut, found along the Hudson River shoreline, provide insight on the topic of invasive species.

By PIPC Staff | September 15, 2002 |

Legless Charles Zimmy stops by Alpine Boat Basin during his epic 1937 swim from Albany to New York City.

By PIPC Staff | July 15, 1998 |

A host of factors led to the closing of the park’s thriving Depression-era bathing beaches.