Stewart Robert Hinsley:
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/P6070718.jpg

Hydrangea quercifolia.

hi, thank you for your hold out and giving us the chance for solution -
what place is it in Manhattan where it grows
kauhl

Hi. here is the Google Map with street view:
http://maps.google.com/?
ie=UTF8&ll=40.736956,-73.981837&spn=0.001258,0.003079&t=h&z=19&layer=c&c bll=40.736349,-73.982026&panoid=-
V0DxmafBnZmKL28f0JU7Q&cbp=2,83.26221407667214,,0,-9.337684166729867

Though these seem to be popular around the lower east side. I see them
in Stuyvesant Park and all over really.

-- Gnarlie