Six Tenors of Victory Boulevard

Longtime resident of 630 Victory Boulevard.

Six Tenors of Victory Boulevard

Why your rent increase is more than you expected. Four-minute listen.

One Way to Deregulate Affordable Housing? Inflate the Cost of Renovations | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News A new report suggests many landlords are illegally raising rents on stabilized units to market rate thanks to overpriced upgrades.

A Silver Lake Park quick history:

1860: Icehouse built to supply Island homes; lasted till around 1911 when refrigeration was introduced. Area known as Fresh Pond or Silver Lake.

1897: Silver Lake hosted the National Skating Amateur Championship races.

1900: A hotel (and casino) in Silver Lake existed until 1902. Boxing matches were hosted.

1901/2: Land around the lake was purchased by the City and made into a park; designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

1913: Once a natural waterway, the lake was drained, lined with concrete and connected to the city’s aqueduct (Catskills through Brooklyn to SI as main water supply till 1971).

1917: Redesigned into a 56-acre reservoir. Maintained by Bureau of Water Supply until 1971.

1928/9: Golf course created (built over Marine Cemetery, a resting place for many indigent Irish)

1971: The reservoir’s function was replaced by a new underground reservoir. Like its counterpart in Central Park, the old reservoir was retained as an aesthetic centerpiece of Silver Lake Park.

1988: New administration building was built.

1997: Handball courts were added, along with new benches, fences, plants, guiderails, and equipment for the playground.

2015: "The 56-acre lake was built as a city reservoir in 1917, but hasn’t been used for drinking water since 1971. Today, underground storage tanks next to the lake supply Staten Island’s water. The lake collects the tanks’ overflow, and forms the centerpiece of picturesque Silver Lake Park.” (NY Post, 12-20-15)

Article links:

Hidden Waters Blog 12-21-15
https://hiddenwatersblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/new-york-post-visits-silver-lake-staten-island/

Hidden Water Blog 3-17-17
https://hiddenwatersblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/silverdam/

A Leaky Lake and Staten Island Ire (NY Times) 6-28-82
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/28/nyregion/a-leaky-lake-and-staten-island-ire.html

Submerged Secrets are Revealed as Silver Lake Dries Up (NY Post) 12-20-15
http://nypost.com/2015/12/20/submerged-secrets-are-revealed-as-silver-lake-dries-up/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Lake,_Staten_Island
https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/silver-lake-park/

Photo by Glen DiCrocco

The setting moon over Silver Lake Park

Photos by Glen DiCrocco

Silver Lake Park in the fog

Photos by Glen DiCrocco

Setting moon over New Jersey

Photos by Glen DiCrocco

The wild turkeys were gone for the evening while this sweet feline romped around the park alone.

Silver Lake reservoir at dusk

V***r trails over 700 (May 26, 2016)

Silver Lake Park at dusk (August 8, 2016)

Photos by Glen DiCrocco

The Staten Island Advance posted a slideshow of Forest Avenue, "then and now." The first image is from 1937, the corner of Victory Boulevard and Forest.

Then and now: Was Forest Avenue ever a forest? Forest Avenue was created to connect travelers from the Staten Island Ferry to New Jersey (via the Elizabeth Ferry).

Hero Park (June 9, 2016)
https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/hero-park/history

610 Victory's former super, Nick Marsic, is featured in the Staten Island Advance along with resident conductor/Riverside Opera director Alan Aurelia.

Apartment building super: A super singer in Silver Lake A building superintendent from Silver Lake sings his heart out at an anniversary performance with the Riverside Opera Company.

V***r trails. To the moon. Alice. (April 16, 2016)

Silver Lake Park (February 5, 2016)

Photos by Glen DiCrocco

In and around the lake.

Submerged secrets are revealed as Silver Lake dries up Staten Island’s Silver Lake is giving up decades of soggy secrets — from a vandalized street sign to an old motorcycle — as the massive city reservoir mysteriously drains away. The water level is d...

Check out a drone flyover of Silver Lake Park and vicinity by United We Fly Guy. Two parts in 1080p HD.

Flying over Sunny Silver Lake, Staten Island,NY Part I FPV HD Couldn't resist a sunny spring flight over one of my favorite spots on Staten Island. Silver Lake used to be the reservoir for the Island many years ago. Sho...

Reports of vehicle vandalism and break-ins continue on North and South shores STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An apparent rash of vehicle break-ins and vandalism on Staten Island continues, with residents on the North and South shores reporting numerous incidents over the last several weeks. Two weeks after the Advance posted surveillance footage...

610 Victory (October 26, 2014)

610 Victory Boulevard in autumn (October 9, 2014)

Congratulations to Letitia and Peter Laline. 610 newlyweds!