Above: Broadway entrance to Isham Park on the occasion of the Isham Park Centennial September 29, 2012. The marker is at left; the poster at right was part of a temporary signage series by VIP identifying the elements of Isham Park.
Today a small group of volunteers for Isham Park worked along Broadway, in and around the south entrance to the park, once the entrance drive to William Bradley Isham's estate.
Maria Lall invested countless hours creating and maintaining gardens this area of the park which she deemed "Isham Alley." A community effort is underway to name the path in her honor.
There is a worn stone mile-marker embedded in the retaining wall beside the north pillar at the entrance that has been described by many over the years. A friend at the Historic Districts Council sent VIP a link to a recently posted article about the marker from the blog Ephemeral New York:
