Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

The reservoir runs from 85th Street to 97th Street in Central Park. 

The 1.58 mile track around it is a favorite with joggers,

including Ms. Onassis whose apartment overlooked it. 

She won the eternal love of New Yorker's in 1975

when she saved the stunning Grand Central Station from destruction at the beginning of the landmark movement. 

She threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers if they tried to take it down!

 My hero. 

And everyone else's too, so in 1994 the Central Park Reservoir was renamed in her honor. 

Oh and did I mention that the best season to check it out is in the spring when the cherry trees that surround it are in bloom? 

There are two kinds - Yoshino and Kanzan.

Cheers!

PJ

(c) 2017 PJ Lehrer