Hudson River Park Lookout

You are standing in a section of the waterfront that was once a chaotic, industrial shipping hub. In the late eighteenth century, George Washington navigated these very shores, arriving at the Desbrosses Street pier near where you are now to avoid the British governor who was landing on the opposite side of Manhattan. This area served as a crucial, strategic entry point during the American Revolution, a far cry from the quiet parkland you see today.