A midsummer day at Rockefeller

June 24, 2024 Events, Parks, Photo Essay

I was just going to run one of these photos by commercial and editorial photographer Claudine Williams in “Seen & Heard,” but they were so fun and so good that you are getting this visual treat of a photo essay. 

This is the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival held every year in Battery Park City. For ages it was at Wagner, but since that is still under construction, the party was moved to Rockefeller. Put it on your calendar for next year.

 
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6 Comments

  1. K
    June 24, 2024 • 11:53 am

    Claudine is such a fantastic photographer!

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  2. Steve C
    June 24, 2024 • 4:59 pm

    Juneteenth came and went without a photoessay of all the rich celebrations in Tribeca. Not very inclusive.

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    • B.Thompson
      June 25, 2024 • 9:15 am

      I have to agree here. Barely a mention.. And the park looked really bad after the Midsummer festival. Two days after and there was still a lot of trash on the main lawn and misplaced furniture.
      Not every celebration needs a photoessay, but a mention and a picture would’ve been nice and inclusive.

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    • Joe Rice
      June 27, 2024 • 7:16 am

      Steve C, can you share a link to any of the celebrations? I assume they were planned in advance and had a site or instagram post. I hadn’t seen anything at all from organizers.

      Thanks!

      Also don’t understand the tit for tat mentality here after the fact.

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