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numbers, though, and they don’t say anything about the
relationship between New Yorkers and their park.
New Yorkers love it – and how! – because the park offers a
peaceful sanctuary in the midst of the bustling metropo-
lis. A retreat. A place to breathe deeply. A piece of down-
to-earth nature in the center of a man-made world reach-
ing up into the heavens. And for anyone who works long
hours every day in a crowded midtown office (and often
enough spends additional hours on public transport be-
fore and after), it’s the best place in the world for taking
a time-out. There are said to be New Yorkers – and there
are, in fact, New Yorkers – who have never laid eyes on
any piece of nature other than Central Park. These are
people who can tell that it’s spring because the park has
turned green, and that winter is coming because the trees
are losing their leaves. If Broadway is New York’s main
artery, then this green core of the Big Apple is its soul.
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If Broadway is New York’s
main artery, then the green
core of the Big Apple,
Central Park, is its soul.
Carousel
Sheep Meadow
Zoo
John Lennon Memorial
Strawberry Fields
Shakespeare Garden
Summit Rock
Great Lawn
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Public tennis courts
East Meadow with soccer field
North Meadow with baseball field
Conservatory Garden
Central Park
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