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• On Par: Forgotten Architects, Timeless Courses

  In recent decades, there has been nostalgia for the enduring work from golf’s golden age of architecture, roughly defined as the period from 1910 to the late 1930s. Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:16 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Golf, Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Restoration and Rehabilitation

• In San Francisco, Mapping Out a Trail on the Water

  The idea of establishing a path on water may seem odd. But it hasn’t stopped the states of Washington and Maine, among other entities, from building extensive water trail systems. Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 8:41 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Sailboats and Sailing, Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Washington (State), Boats and Boating, Maine, Camps and Camping

• Pair Regain Speed Mark in Ascent of El Capitan

  Two rock climbers, Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama, broke the record today for the fastest ascent of a 2,900 foot wall in Yosemite. Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:40 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Rock Climbing, Yosemite National Park

• Costs and Delays Mount for Replacing Parks Lost to New Yankee Stadium

  The cost of replacing two popular parks where the new Yankee Stadium is being built has nearly doubled to $174 million, almost one-seventh the cost of the stadium itself. Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 3:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Stadiums and Arenas, Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Bronx (NYC), Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• 900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down

  Dean Potter, one of the world’s top climbers, has been trying for weeks to cross the Hell Roaring Canyon on a rope with no tether 900 feet above a dry riverbed in Utah. Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Moab (Utah), Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Parachutes and Parachute Jumping, Rock Climbing