While the Hudson River Park’s new dog run has been getting most of the attention, I’m personally* more excited about the new parts of the esplanade—and the disentangling of the pedestrian path from the bike path.

A casual observer, however, might not realize that you don’t have to risk your life between N. Moore and Hubert: There’s no signage, at least that I saw, directing pedestrians who might have become accustomed to the temporary shared path toward the esplanade, and the southern entrance to the new part is on the western side of construction fencing.

Let’s take a photographic stroll, heading north on the esplanade, toward Pier 26:

You do get nice views back toward Pier 25 and the Lilac:

A copse of trees:

The path gets a bit squeezed between two buildings. Maybe not the very best place for trees?

Just past the dog run is a pretty planted area. Actually, the entire dog run has nice plantings around it.

And finally, a nice, curvy lawn for “passive recreation” (which always sounds to me like a euphemism for something dirty):

*Howard sees dog runs as a great opportunity to sit in my lap.

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