Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Central Park


Central Park is one of the most popular visiting spots in New York City, New York. Located in mid-Manhattan with an array of activities from biking to hiking.

Central Park was established in 1857 on 843 acres of city owned land [6% of Manhattan] and was designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead. Today it is is owned be the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

With 42 million visitors each year, Central Park is a notorious tourist attraction. Individuals of all ages cam be entertained with 21 playgrounds, over 9,000 benches to sit on, and 50 miles of walking paths. Although people flock to Central Park to be one with nature in the heart of the Big Apple, New York natives are able to find a variety of different activities in the park.


From May to October, Central Park hosts concert events at their iconic main-stage at Rumsey Playfield. These exciting concert events which are usually free and open to the public bring amusement to those who attends.









Sources: centralpark.org








5 comments:

  1. I never knew that Central Park hosted concert events and it's over 150 years old. By the way there is a Central Park Zoo. There are sea lions, monkeys and many other animals.

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  2. This is really cool I didn't know Central Park is over 150 years old.

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  3. this is really cool. i knew that prospect park had free concerts but i didn't know that central park had them also.

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  4. I didn't know that Central Park had free concerts, I'll definitely be checking them out.

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  5. This is very interesting, I will have to check out the concerts this year

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