If there's one universal truth, it's that all of our bodies begin changing at some point. That's especially true for women who are over the age of 50. One day it seems like we're rolling out of bed with a pep in our step. The next, our emotions are out of control, our weight won't go down, and we constantly have hot flashes. If that sounds like you, don't worry â millions of other women worldwide are going through the same difficulties.
The fact of the matter is these symptoms are part of a natural process women go through. This change, called menopause, marks the end of a woman's ability to reproduce and menstruate. The average age for this to occur is 51, though it officially begins a year after a woman's final period. During this transition to menopause, estrogen and other hormones in a woman's body start to deplete When those hormones deplete, frequent and sometimes severe symptoms can manifest:
The symptoms of hormone deficiency can be scary for both women and their partners. That makes dealing with a hormone deficiency tricky because many symptoms are tied to nutrition, stress, lack of exercise, and toxins in your body.
However, if you're getting older and dealing with some of the symptoms listed above, have hope. A solution to your hormone problems may be closer than you think. Hormone replacement therapy for women may help correct imbalances caused by menopause. These effective, safe treatments help many women throughout the menopause process and may even help them reclaim their youth.
To live a healthy life, hormone stability is very important for women. That's where the beauty of HRT treatments for women begins to shine because it balances hormones that would otherwise be altered due to menopause.
HRT treatments for women represent a revolutionary step toward living life without the pitfalls of old age. However, at Juventee, we understand that no two women, and by proxy, patients, are the same. That's why our team of doctors and specialists provide personalized treatment options for women, combining holistic treatment, nutrition, fitness plans, and more to supplement our HRT treatments.
Is HRT the answer if you feel exhausted, overweight, and moody? That's the million-dollar question that we're asked almost every day. And to be honest, it's hard to say without a comprehensive exam by an HRT expert at Juventee. What we can say is that when a woman's hormones are better balanced during menopause, she has a much better chance of enjoying life without the crippling symptoms that other women feel.
At Juventee, helping women reclaim their vitality and love of life is our top priority. While some HRT clinics see patients as nothing more than a means to make money, our team is cut from a different cloth.
The key to balancing your hormones and improving your well-being is a process that we have refined over time. The Juventee HRT process consists of a comprehensive review of your health and hormonal status. Our team then customizes your plan and prescribes treatments, procedures, and supplements under the guidance of our local HRT experts.
At Juventee, we want to revitalize your health by promoting balance, energy, intimacy, and beauty. We start by assessing your baseline biomarkers and implementing a personalized plan to help you feel like your younger self. Our in-depth process covers many factors, almost like a web. Each component of that web works in conjunction with others to make up how you feel. If one area is out of sync, women can experience unwanted fluctuations in their weight, energy, emotions, libido, and more. Juventee is committed to evaluating our patient's overall health so that we may bring vitality and happiness to as many aspects of their lives as possible.
We've mentioned all the greatness that can come with an HRT regimen from Juventee, but what exactly are the benefits of HRT for women? Let's take a look.
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Unlike some HRT clinics, Juventee's HRT programs are carefully crafted and personalized for each patient. There are no cookie-cutter solutions at our office. Instead, we assess each individual's needs and customize treatments to help their bodies as they age. We replace hormones that are deficient and restore them to their physiological state using HRT pellets.
These hormone pellets are prescription hormones inserted under the skin through a simple in-office procedure. Each pellet is about as large as a big grain of rice. Once inserted, our HRT pellets get to work quickly. With this treatment, patients don't have to worry about applying greasy creams or swallowing pills. Instead, our pellets are metabolized by the body. That way, patients don't stress over taking too much or too little.
Remember, at Juventee, our goal isn't just to balance your hormones â it's to completely optimize your health and well-being. You won't ever have to worry about our doctors writing you a prescription and sending you on your way without any additional communication. Instead, we aim to be part of our patient's journey back to health and work with all of our HRT patients to do so.
Hormone imbalance causes a litany of issues. But with hormone replacement therapy, females can better process calcium, keep their cholesterol levels safe, and maintain a healthy vagina. By replenishing the body's estrogen levels, HRT may relieve symptoms of menopause and even optimize bone health.
But that's just the start. At Juventee, our patients report many benefits of taking HRT for women:
If you're ready to feel better and enjoy the vitality of your youth, Juventee is here to help you every step of the way. It all starts with an in-person evaluation, where our team will determine if HRT is right for you.
For many women, menopause is a difficult time filled with ups, downs, and hormonal hurdles to overcome. While menopausal issues are well-known by some, other women only know that menopause can affect their hormones. The reality is that going through menopause can mean more than moodiness and hot flashes.
At Juventee, we're big believers that a little knowledge can go a long way. With that in mind, if you're going through menopause or are approaching "that" age, consider these common issues. First, let's examine some alternative causes of menopause beyond age:
The most common reason for menopause is diminished, unbalanced hormones. However, menopause can also result from:
Now that we've examined some of the ways that menopause manifests, let's look at some common problems that females regularly endure:
If you're going through menopause and feel like life is a tiresome burden, you're not alone. Studies show that 15% of women go through depression to some degree during menopause. What many women don't learn is that depression may start much earlier, during perimenopause or even earlier.
Depression can be hard to diagnose, even without perimenopause and menopause as a factor. With that said, keep the following signs in mind. If you notice any, it might be time to speak with a physician:
If you notice any of the signs above, it's important that you understand that you're not weak or broken. You're going through a very normal emotional experience, which may be caused by hormone deficiency. However, with proper treatment from your doctor, depression doesn't have to rule your life.
You don't have to have hormonal imbalances to have mood swings. Indeed, everyone gets moody from time to time. For women going through menopause, however, mood swings can be extreme and happen often. Hormone imbalances and mood swings go together, resulting in unusual emotional changes and even issues like insomnia.
Estrogen production, a hormone that fluctuates during menopause, affects serotonin production, which regulates mood. When both hormones are deficient, mood swings can become quite prevalent.
Fortunately, HRT treatments in Palisades Park, NJ, work wonders for women because they work to regulate hormones like estrogen. With HRT from Juventee, women don't have to settle for the negative consequences that drastic mood swings can cause.
Hot flashes: whether you're a man or a woman, you've probably heard of them. Hot flashes are very common issues associated with menopause and manifest as intense, sudden feelings of heat across the upper body. Some last a few seconds while others last many minutes, making them uncomfortable and inconvenient at all times. A few common symptoms of hot flashes include:
Usually, a lack of estrogen causes hot flashes in menopausal women. Low levels of estrogen negatively affect a woman's hypothalamus, or the part of the brain that regulates appetite and body temperature. Low estrogen levels cause the hypothalamus to assume incorrectly that the body is too hot. When it does, it dilates a woman's blood vessels to boost blood flow.
Fortunately, most women don't have to settle for the intense, unwanted feelings they endure with hot flashes. HRT pellet treatment from Juventee helps to stabilize hormones which may lessen the effects that hot flashes cause.
Staying healthy and fit is a challenge for anybody living in modern America. For women with hormonal imbalances, however, it's even harder. Weight gain is a concerning issue during menopause, but it can be manageable with a physician-led diet, exercise, and HRT treatments from Juventee.
HRT patients at Juventee benefit from health plans that keep hormones in check, making weight loss a real possibility. But which hormones need to be regulated to help avoid weight gain?
Millions of adults around the U.S. suffer from low sex drive, but that doesn't make it any more embarrassing to talk about. For many women going through pre-menopause and menopause, it's an unfortunate side effect of unbalanced hormones. Thankfully, HRT may help women maintain a healthy libido, even after 50. But what causes lowered sexual desire in women as they age?
The hormones responsible for low libido in females are estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.
Progesterone production decreases during perimenopause, resulting in lowered libido in some women. Lower progesterone production can also cause weight gain, exhaustion, and other symptoms common during menopause. Reduced estrogen levels during menopause may lead to vaginal dryness and even loss of muscle tension.
Testosterone is referred to as a male hormone, but it contributes to important health functionality in women as well. Female testosterone heightens sexual responses and intensifies orgasms. When the ovaries can't produce sufficient levels of testosterone, low sex drive can happen.
The inside of a woman's bones is broken down and rebuilt by bone cells in an ongoing process called remodeling. This process is crucial for maintaining bone strength and health.
However, due to the loss of estrogen during menopause, this important process becomes unbalanced. Less bone is formed, and more bone is broken down. This advanced state of bone loss can be worrying for women, especially if they had an early menopause. With time, women may develop osteoporosis and a greater chance of breaking bones as they age.
Fortunately, HRT for women can actually mimic estrogen and progesterone, which may help prevent bone loss and lower chances of osteoporosis in women. That's huge news for women around the U.S., many of whom are battling early bone loss due to a lack calcium, vitamin D, and other nutrients crucial to bone health.
If you are considering HRT treatments for women in Palisades Park, NJ, you need a team of hormone replacement experts by your side. At Juventee, our knowledgeable HRT doctors are ready to help. Our team will answer your initial questions, conduct necessary testing, and craft a customized program designed to alleviate the challenges you're facing as a woman going through menopause.
With a healthy diet, exercise, positive life choices, and hormone replacement therapy, unveiling the new "you" is easier than you might think. Contact our office today to get started on your journey to optimal health and well-being.
3-minute readPALISADES PARK — The Bergen County's Prosecutor's office will follow up on the mayor's actions from election day after a complaint was filed and the mayor was asked to leave a polling location by the board of elections chairman.Mayor Chong "Paul" Kim was a challenger on behalf of Democratic council candidate Suk "John" Min on Nov. 7 at the Senior Center, where Kim also works as its director.The mayor was seen entering a polling booth, helping voters outside of the polling booth wh...
PALISADES PARK — The Bergen County's Prosecutor's office will follow up on the mayor's actions from election day after a complaint was filed and the mayor was asked to leave a polling location by the board of elections chairman.
Mayor Chong "Paul" Kim was a challenger on behalf of Democratic council candidate Suk "John" Min on Nov. 7 at the Senior Center, where Kim also works as its director.
The mayor was seen entering a polling booth, helping voters outside of the polling booth while speaking Korean to a voter, passing out campaign materials inside the polling location and yelling at poll workers, according to the complaint.
Board of Elections Chairman Richard Miller said he was called to the Palisades Park senior center twice to address issues with the mayor. The mayor was issued a warning and then asked to leave on the second visit.
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A complaint was filed by borough Clerk Gina Kim to Superintendent of Elections Debra Francica two days after the election. To properly respond to the clerk's complaint, it was forwarded to the Bergen County Prosecutor's office for further follow-up, Francica said.
The super board worker for the senior building notified the borough's clerk that he was "harassed and threatened" by the mayor as he was setting up the voting machines, according to the complaint, placing "undue pressure on him."
The mayor was witnessed handing out election campaign materials to incoming voters. When the super board worker confiscated the materials, he saw that they were copies of the ballot with names already checked off.
Miller said there were complaints over the mayor intervening with the voters. Miller said the mayor denied the allegations despite witnesses saying otherwise.
"As a challenger you can't go and engage the voter," Miller said. "You're not allowed to do that or engage and help them by the voting machines."
A challenger's purpose is to check a list of registered voters when they come into vote, Miller explained. "Maybe around 4 p.m. a challenger will notice 50 people still haven't showed up to vote yet, and they call them," Miller said.
A challenger sits at a table to check names and can challenge a person voting if they know they've moved out of town. In that case, a poll worker will give the person in question a provisional ballot and it will be counted as legitimate only after information is confirmed.
The mayor said he didn’t know a complaint was filed, denied all allegations and said that the real problem was not having Korean American speaking poll workers in town. He also alleged that the clerk is "out to get him."
"In the busiest poll location in town there wasn’t one Korean American speaking worker, so I helped them out," Mayor Kim said. "They asked if I could help them out and I told them I couldn’t help them anymore."
During election day, when the super poll worker asked the mayor to cease all interactions with the voters and poll workers, a "heated exchange" began where the mayor told the poll worker "Do you know who I am?" and said he was an employee of the senior building so he could "do as he pleased," the complaint said.
At one point during election day, the mayor's wife was also seen at the senior center polling location and assisted voters but refused to fill out an assisted voter form.
"A challenger’s duties are clearly defined, and Mayor Kim was made aware of the same on multiple occasions by the super board worker, myself, and the Board of Election Commissioners," the borough's clerk, Gina Kim, said in her complaint.
"However, Mr. Kim used his mayoral position to harass and intimidate the poll workers" Gina Kim's complaint says, "and there were multiple witnesses who saw the mayor causing a major disturbance in the polling place on more than one occasion."
The clerk also noted in her complaint that this isn't the first time she has filed complaints on Kim's involvement in elections and his actions at the senior building.
Documents from emails show that Gina Kim is one of many employees who have filed complaints regarding mold in borough hall.
"What do you expect from this individual, right?" the mayor said. "This individual is out to get me. I’m not surprised she did it. I have witnesses saying I didn’t do anything wrong."
PALISADES PARK — Longtime borough Administrator David Lorenzo, who has three unresolved lawsuits against the municipality, was fired on Tuesday.Lorenzo has served as the borough's business administrator since 2008 and worked for the borough in another capacity previously. His salary was $204,000 ...
PALISADES PARK — Longtime borough Administrator David Lorenzo, who has three unresolved lawsuits against the municipality, was fired on Tuesday.
Lorenzo has served as the borough's business administrator since 2008 and worked for the borough in another capacity previously. His salary was $204,000 and was fired without cause and for not seeing "eye to eye with the council," said Mayor Chong "Paul" Kim.
"The governing body decided during the reorganization opportunity to consider Lorenzo as an employee and if we want to rehire or terminate his employment," Kim said. "It was a matter of the governing body not seeing eye to eye with David Lorenzo and the direction is different. Stuff needed to be done and it wasn't done and we felt it was time for a change."
Lorenzo, who had two years left on his contract, was first placed on administrative leave with pay in November. At the time, Kim said the borough was investigating his actions regarding a 2020 comptroller's report, a shared service agreement with the library and the handling of requests for bids and proposals.
Lorenzo's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for more information.
Specifically, Kim said, there is an indication that Lorenzo permitted improper payments of public funds to public employees, executed a shared service agreement with the library without the authorization of the governing body, inappropriately expended public funds without authorization and allegedly did not follow the state procurement rules for bidding processes.
However, that was not the reason for termination, the mayor said Wednesday morning, adding he would need to check with the borough attorney regarding the investigation and if it will continue.
The mayor said Lorenzo will be paid three months of his salary per state statute.
Last month, borough Deputy Administrator Austin Ashley was terminated from his position during the reorganization meeting.
In the absence of a borough and deputy borough administrator, the mayor said he has been acting as the executive officer with help from council members and the attorney.
"It's strenuous and the council members went above their responsibilities to fill in the space," Kim said. "It's been very strenuous and personally, I have to consider what the next step is, I haven't discussed it with the governing body yet."
Kim, who is a full-time county employee in his position as Palisades Park's senior center director, said one solution may be to recommend hiring a temporary replacement until a decision is made. "But, I can't continuously man that position," he said. "It's a lot of work and responsibilities. Even though I could, I'd rather not. It's not easy at all."
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One day after he was placed on administrative leave, Lorenzo filed a federal lawsuit against the borough, the mayor and Councilman Suk "John" Min, claiming retaliation for protected speech, conspiracy to violate civil rights and common law conspiracy to violate civil rights.
Lorenzo's lawsuit says he was targeted after the Palisades Park Democratic Club — of which he serves as president — withdrew its support for Min and ceased campaigning on his behalf.
The Democratic Club then had duct tape placed over Min's name on campaign signs its members handed out, to indicate the withdrawal of its endorsement.
The lawsuit alleges Kim and Min punished Lorenzo for his exercise of political speech.
Min filled an unexpired term and won reelection this past November for a full term. Min made the motion to terminate Lorenzo on Tuesday night with the resolution passing 4-0.
Members Democratic Club, including Lorenzo, "determined that Councilman Min lacked the skills and fitness to serve on the borough council and was prepared to act on political views in a manner contrary to the views and goals of the democratic party," the lawsuit says.
Lorenzo filed another lawsuit in Bergen County Superior Court, claiming the meeting where he was suspended was an illegal one, held without proper public notifications. The suit also claims that even though Lorenzo was issued a notice to discuss his employment on Oct. 31, the posted agenda did not include the passed resolution that placed him on administrative leave.
A special meeting was held on Dec. 31 where the resolution to place him on leave was voted on again.
Lorenzo's first lawsuit was filed last year against the borough's former mayor, Chris Chung.
Lorenzo and Director of Public Works and Deputy Borough Administrator Austin Ashley, who was removed from his deputy administrative position last month, filed separate lawsuits within days of each other in January 2023.
Both lawsuits accuse Chung and the borough of failing to honor their employment contracts with pay increases while taking away their car allowances and gas credit cards.
For people in Palisades Park this Facebook post was a sight for sore eyes.It’s official! We are so excited to announce that Palisades Park Bakery is finally re-opening next month, July 2023! We will have returning staff including our bakers and other team members. Following recent renovations, there will also be an indoor seating area for customers to enjoy. We look forward to seeing everyone soon! Stay tuned for more updates! ☕️ #palisadespark #bakery #cafe #cake #coffeePalisades Park Bakery ...
For people in Palisades Park this Facebook post was a sight for sore eyes.
It’s official! We are so excited to announce that Palisades Park Bakery is finally re-opening next month, July 2023! We will have returning staff including our bakers and other team members. Following recent renovations, there will also be an indoor seating area for customers to enjoy. We look forward to seeing everyone soon! Stay tuned for more updates! ☕️ #palisadespark #bakery #cafe #cake #coffee
Palisades Park Bakery was among the thousands of businesses that fell victim to the pandemic. They fought their way through spring and summer of 2020 then regretfully closed in September of that year for what they hoped would be a short temporary hiatus.
It was longer than anyone wanted and certainly much longer than their fans wanted.
Their Facebook page sort of tells the story. The posts before the one announcing their comeback were both dated June 10 of this year announcing updates.
But the one before that goes all the way back to March 17, 2020, frozen there in time right before the pandemic shut down the state.
The news of their reopening was well-received by customers.
“Omg! This is the best news ever! Love, love, love ❤️❤️❤️ Palisades Park Bakery! Woohoo!“
“The BEST news I have heard in AGES!! This just made my day!! Maybe my month!! SO excited!!! Welcome back!! Been WAY too long!!!”
“OMG!!! Best news ever!!!! I miss your pecan danish ring with custard and your St. Joseph day pastries!!! Can’t wait!! ”
Sounds like there just might be a line out the door.
While an exact date for a grand reopening isn’t announced it should happen sometime this month. Palisades Park Bakery is at 325 Broad Ave. in, obviously, Palisades Park.
While we’re waiting for the day here’s a quick look to make you hungry.
Red velvet cupcakes to die for
They’ve got you covered for Halloween…
Thanksgiving…
Christmas…
and beyond
And of course special occasions
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I first encountered the Palisades, a set of massive cliffs overlooking Manhattan from across the Hudson River, out of desperation. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt an all-consuming urge to get out and explore. For me, that meant jumping on my bicycle and riding deep into the city and then out of it.One spring day, I r...
I first encountered the Palisades, a set of massive cliffs overlooking Manhattan from across the Hudson River, out of desperation. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt an all-consuming urge to get out and explore. For me, that meant jumping on my bicycle and riding deep into the city and then out of it.
One spring day, I rode across the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey. Ten minutes after rolling into the town of Fort Lee, I found myself engulfed in dense woodland abutting a soaring rock wall. Cyclists sped past me as I slammed on my brakes to gawk at a bald eagle’s nest with a million-dollar view of the Manhattan skyline.
Palisades Interstate Park emerges suddenly out of a section of industrial sprawl and covers around 2,500 acres of riverfront forest. Rising about 500 feet from the water’s edge, the park’s namesake is a line of diabase (a dark-colored igneous rock) and basalt cliffs that run along 50 miles of the Hudson River. From the western edge of Manhattan, the National Historic Landmark looks like giant wooden fences, hence the cliffs’ Indigenous Lenape name, wee-awk-en or “the rocks that look like trees.”
For many New Yorkers, the Palisades serve as an all-too-rare gateway to nature, even though there are those (like me) who spent years not knowing just how accessible they are. Yet they aren’t just an easy, albeit overlooked, escape from one of the densest cities in the United States. The cliffs are a repository of deep geological time that was nearly lost to the incessant pressures of industrialization.
Around 201 million years ago, as the Triassic gave way to the Jurassic, and the Pangaea supercontinent began to break apart, a series of dramatic volcanic eruptions took place. The activity was spread over less than a million years—a blink of an eye in geological terms. This led to a major upheaval in geology, climate, and biology covering a 4.2-million-square-mile area known as the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, or CAMP.
(In 250 million years, this may be the only continent left on Earth.)
The Palisades are within that zone, at the eastern edge of the Newark Rift Basin that was once a body of water “more like present-day Lake Tanganyika or Lake Malawi than anything else nearby,” says Sean Kinney, a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
As North America began to tear itself away from North Africa, lava intruding into the sedimentary rock under the Newark Basin formed the Palisade Sill, a kind of container of magma that slowly cooled, altering the size and makeup of the rock. Kinney uses the analogy of a doughnut being injected with jelly, as he points out the clear contact point that can be seen along the base of the cliffs, where blocky lake rock gives way to the sill’s massive trunk-like basalt.
Because of the speed and scale of the volcanic activity, the Palisades are an ideal place for geologists to read rock. By drilling out cores and looking at the mineral deposits over time, they can get a clearer picture of how the Newark Basin’s water levels changed over time. The unprecedented scale and speed of volcanic activity during the CAMP event means the geological record, layer by layer, is spread over shorter time scales than what most geologists are used to having at their disposal.
Paul Olsen, a professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, became fascinated by the Palisades as a teenager, when he and a friend made headlines for their discovery of dinosaur footprints at a quarry near Livingston, New Jersey.
Today, his interests have expanded into how the shifting orbital patterns of our planet might have contributed to climate-influenced mass extinction events. His research is centered on this overlooked corner of the world. “We have cores here where 25 meters of rock corresponds to a 20,000-year lake cycle,” Olsen says. “So a human lifetime can actually be seen in a few centimeters of rock.”
(These dazzling rock formations stand where dinosaurs once roamed.)
Geologists—including Olsen and his team—often depend on controlled quarrying operations to gain access to layers of exposed rock. But runaway mining over a century ago almost obliterated the Palisades, taking the geological record and natural splendor of the area with it.
The Palisades was a source of rock for use in roads and railways, both of which were spreading across New Jersey and New York at a rapid clip at the end of the 19th century. To obtain the rock, miners would blast the cliffs with dynamite, collecting the broken-up boulders left behind when the smoke cleared.
The first mumblings of discontent about the frequent explosions across the Hudson came from people with deep pockets and coveted backyard views. But the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC), established in 1909, is really the direct result of lobbying by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, a civic organization. The geological value was not the main focus. Instead, activists were concerned about losing one of the few natural refuges within an afternoon’s trip from New York City and the surrounding towns.
“A lot of people look at open space as unused land,” says Carol Ash, who was the PIPC’s executive director from 1999 to 2006 and is now the chairperson of the nonprofit Palisades Parks Conservancy. “The Palisades is special, and it needs to be kept special, which has always involved a bit of a fight.”
One of the first things you notice on a visit to the Palisades is how little information there is on the region’s history. Signs are rare and many sections, while manicured, feel wild, making the transition from city or suburb to nature all the more abrupt. While that may not be intentional, it’s clear that exploration is the point.
(Here’s how to explore a billion-year-old volcanic mystery along Lake Superior.)
“There’s no visitor center or signs explaining what you’re seeing along the way,” says Joshua Laird, the current PIPC executive director. “I think that’s at least partially a function of the fact that the park was founded so early and we were inventing the model. There was no National Park Service to look at when we were starting these parks.”
In all, the park is home to more than 30 miles of interconnected hiking trails, which are well-marked and—with the help of a map—can lead to a customizable day along the cliffs, into the woods, and down to the shoreline. The most popular and most challenging route is Giant Stairs, a rock scramble over the very boulders that early industrialists and miners coveted so dearly.
There are also opportunities to get on the water. Outfitters like Hudson Kayaks offer rentals from the Alpine Picnic Area, which is easily accessible by car or bicycle. Cyclists flock to 9W, a road with wide shoulders and formidable climbs, and to Henry Hudson Drive, which skirts the bottom of the cliffs and is closed to car traffic on certain holidays.
(This New York State rail trail isn’t just epic, it’s also accessible.)
Today, the State Line Lookout, off the Palisades Interstate Parkway, is one of the most popular starting points. That’s partly because of the panoramic views over the cliffs and the Hudson below. An easy two-mile hike from the viewpoint leads to a stone tower and a rare tangible glimpse into the region’s past: a monument to the women who saved the park.
Much of this region’s history—its long cycles of extinction and evolution; its original inhabitants; how it was nearly lost—remain hidden to most of the 750,000 people who visit the Palisades every year. But the park is testament to the stories that lie underfoot—and just how many of them a repeat visit can reveal.
Sebastian Modak is a travel writer and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Find him on Instagram.
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Bogota (10-14) | 16 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 72 |
Palisades Park (5-18) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
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2PT | 3PT | FTM | FTA | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | STL | GP | |
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Jaidin Gonzalez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Mike Olivo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Brandon Nicolas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lucas Cruz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
RJ Asencio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Jayden Baca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Shawn Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Chris Inman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals: | 21 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 69 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 8 |
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Chris Kasparian | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kenneth Baek | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tyler Andrade | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joseph Ntwali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals: | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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