A mess of boys get ready to sled down a hill in the park, circa 1915.
Nine old-fashioned wooden sleds lined up, ready to go. Nice to see a few kids piggybacking rides—that’s probably outlawed today.
And look—no parents are hovering over them!
Tags: boys on sleds in Central Park, kids in Central Park, sledding in Central Park, Snow in Central Park
February 6, 2010 at 3:13 pm |
Love your sarcasm re. hovering parents and piggy backing. Upon seeing this photos, I immediately thought of “Suicide HIll” in Prospect Park, a long steep course, where we kids in the 50s would sled down unsupervised. even when the snow was mostly gone, and the rocks exposed.
I wonder if they even refer to it as Suicide Hill. I can’t imagine stroller moms uttering it.
February 6, 2010 at 4:00 pm |
Suicide Hill sound like great, unsupervised fun. Does anyone know it’s still called that–or wasn’t smoothed out to protect daring sledders?
February 10, 2013 at 5:11 pm |
Apparently, it’s still called Suicide Hill and is still used. Google reveals other so-named sledding slopes in the city, but I doubt they compare to this. I recall it being very bumpy and rocky as well as steep and long.
http://wuzza-fwuz.deviantart.com/art/Prospect-Park-s-Suicide-Hill-156771711
February 6, 2010 at 7:50 pm |
i sledded the hill just inside 5th ave south side of 79th street. we usually had a parent around, but sometimes not. this was in the mid 60s. sledding: an absolute blast.
February 6, 2010 at 9:32 pm |
This blog CP snowy hills brought back some great memories of my winters in the late 50′s early 60′s of sledding down the steepest hills we could find. They had political incorrect names and no parents. Yet somehow we made it through those times unharmed. How times have change. They say ‘you don’t get’ unless you’re a parent. If they could only see it from a reality perspective. Love your sarcasm, I bursted out laughing.