I had to do it
When people in downtown Manhattan jokingly refer to their borough’s northern reaches as “upstate
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Fort Tryon Park is best known as home to the Cloisters
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Armed with my Metrocard, house keys
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Across the street in a playground
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I ran into the park, but instead of taking a main path toward the Cloisters
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As I ran I was faced with options: this path or that
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I passed stone archways and lush areas with names like Abby’s Lawn and Alpine Garden
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But then, on the east side of the park around 196th Street, there they were: a set of stairs, set along a rock formation and marking the beginning of a series of steep inclines
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