Date/Time
6/23/2024
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Quarry Park
off of Washington Avenue, Hastings-On-Hudson,
Hastings Celebrates Quarry Park
The Quarry Gang Bluegrass Jam • Kids quarry zone • Bash The Trash fanfare parade • Quarry trail tours • Native plant sale • Living history • Food trucks • Picnicking and more!
Opening Ceremony | 12:30pm Park dedication, ribbon cutting, special guests
Once a working quarry, this 5.5 acre park along the OCA is now a native plant sanctuary and tranquil greenspace for all to enjoy.
Quarry Park is south of Washington Ave along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail. Street parking is limited. Walking and cycling are encouraged. Bring a picnic!
More Information: DestinationHastings.org
Rain date is Sunday, July 14
12:30 OPENING CEREMONY/RIBBON CUTTING NEAR THE LANGMUIR STEPS
1. NEW QUARRY PARK
Friends of Quarry Park
Jim Metzger Photography: The Quarry Transformed
Join the Friends of Quarry Park
2. THE EARLY QUARRY
We honor the Native people who lived in the Hudson Valley for 12,000 years.
Barry Keegan Lenape technologies
Arrowheads, stone tools, bows, arrows, fish and animal traps, spears, clothing, boats, and more.
3. LANGMUIR’S QUARRY 1936-1942
Hastings Historical Society
Meet Arthur & Alice Langmuir
Photographer Fred Charles shares Langmuir’s photographic techniques
See the Langmuir Diaries and a Hastings Marble Core
Listen to the Quarry Park podcast
4. HASTINGS MARBLE 1828-1871
Jeff Rappaport, Faculty Instructor of Geology
Quarry science, demos & experiments
Marble samples, magnifiers, geology rock hammers & more
How many common rocks do you know?
5. KIDS QUARRY ZONE
Dig and play in our marble gravel pit
Stack giant marble building blocks
6. HARVEY’S QUARRY 1834-1846
George Harvey: English watercolorist, amateur architect, friend of Washington Irving
Meet George Harvey at his easel
Watercolor painting on the hill with artist Donna Gillespie
7. THE GARDEN 1941-1950
Hastings Pollinator Pathway Project
Meet Andrew Ryan Quarry owner & master gardener
Plant a Seed with Haven and take it home!
Wildflower Meadows Potpourri Making
Native Plant Sale with Nadine of Rivertown Plants
8. TOWN DUMP 1964-2002
How a magnificent park declined…and how we never let it happen again.
Hastings Conservation Commission
Harry Ellsberg & the hunt for the Pentagon Papers
Reuse & Recycling Games
Food Waste: Hudson Compost Services
2:30 Join the Bash The Trash Fanfare Parade
9. THE QUARRY RAILROAD 1835
This inclined railway carried quarried marble to the river for transport.
Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct (FOCA)
Meet Elisha Bloomer and why he built the old Quarry Railway
Quarry Trail Tours
1838: The OCA & NYC’s John Jervis
Ask an Irish Sandhog: Who built the Aqueduct tunnel?
10. GRASS AMPHITHEATER
Grab a blanket, stretch out and enjoy live music and a picnic lunch.
12pm: Free stage! Show off your talent.
1pm: Kids music duo Jess & Aaron!
2pm: Folk Music Fun with Grace Radonis
Music: Join The Quarry Gang Bluegrass Jam • Josh Saltzman, Guitar • Josh Suniewick, Bass • Ethan Abbott, Mandolin & Friends
Food: Bread & Brine Grill – The Fearless Cooking Co. – Bistro House