A view of New York’s oldest and loveliest bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a beauty, yes, but for architectural grace and beauty (and as a place for long late-night walks, as Edgar Allan Poe discovered), you just can’t beat High Bridge—the 1848 span built to bring fresh water from the Croton Reservoir upstate to city sinks.

[image error]

Standing 84 feet above the Harlem River, the High Bridge’s 15 arches were an elegant sight for people on ships below or on the Bronx or Manhattan side above.

A pedestrian walkway was added in the 1860s—and it’s open again after being closed to the public for 40 years.