August 5, 2023 - 1:00 PM
83°F / 28°C

Walkthrough of Conference House Park in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.

Highlights:
01:50 - The Conference House
04:46 - Almer G. Russell Pavilion
07:43 - The Blue Trail
13:58 - Beach

From Wikipedia:
"Conference House Park is a park in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York City. The park is located along the Arthur Kill coast where the kill opens into Raritan Bay. It contains clay bluffs, part of the terminal moraine, formed when the Wisconsin Glacier receded 10,000 years ago. Ward's Point, the southernmost point in New York state, is in the park.

Conference House Park is named after the historic Conference House, a c. 1680 stone manor house in which a peace conference was initiated between British and American forces on September 11, 1776, in an effort to halt the American Revolution. The area of the park was once part of Bentley Manor owned by the Billop family. The Henry Hogg Biddle house constructed between 1845 and 1853 is another historic structure in the park. The park contains several other buildings such as the Ward House, the Biddle House, and the Rutan-Beckett House.

A new pavilion opened in 2002. The park was slated for improvements during 2008-2009, including the restoration of the Biddle House, new educational exhibits, and a second playground, one of five which are planned for Staten Island as part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative. The extensive renovation finally started in 2017."

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