Skirting the cul-de-sac, we turn left and enter Liberty State Park, an enormous open expanse that's been under threat from developers since its inception. So far neighborhood activists have managed to halt plans for a golf course, a water park, and an amphitheatre on this property, which is reclaimed railroad and industrial land. That's the Manhattan skyline dead ahead, looking rather romantic in the rain. To the left is an approximately 10 acre grassy sward that was paved over and then unpaved after 9/11. Ostensibly the lot was for "emergency ferry parking" after Osama knocked out the PATH stop under the Trade Center, but--surprise--no traffic ever materialized. What seemed good for the country in that dire state of emergency was also good for the Tony Soprano Asphalt Company and its related entity, the Junior Soprano Asphalt Removal Company. Also note the spindly little trees added to the reseeded lawn.