Sisyphus Stones — Attraction in New York

Loving the walk on this area and making a stop at the Sisyphus stones park is a nice and calm moment, the dynamics of the equilibrium , the focus on the stones surrounded by the park a d the Hudson River make this place a delight.

In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos was the king of Ephyra. He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down every time it neared the top, repeating this action...

I thought these were somehow cemented to each other but not so ! Someone carefully balances one upon the other and some of the stones are large and heavy. I'm sure the weather causes the smaller stones to topple and I'm sure some people knock them over. I asked a park ranger about this and he said a man was there almost every day to reconstruct the the fallen stones. I don't know any more but I get the feeling this is a big part of...

The artist maintained the rocks standing for over a year over and over after people kept knocking them down, he would just go and put them back up. Dedication to the arts. It has the Hudson River and The George Washington Bridge as a back drop. No far from the famous Little Red Light House (Yes the one from the children’s book that goes by the...