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    Central Park in Manhattan is an 840-acre park located between 59th and 110th streets. It was one of the first American parks developed using landscape architecture and took over 20 years to construct, involving the removal of buildings and the addition of millions of trees, plants, bridges and paths. Today it remains one of New York City's most popular attractions, offering green space in the heart of the city along with attractions like the Central Park Zoo, Belvedere Castle and Strawberry Fields.

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    Central Park in Manhattan is an 840-acre park located between 59th and 110th streets. It was one of the first American parks developed using landscape architecture and took over 20 years to construct, involving the removal of buildings and the addition of millions of trees, plants, bridges and paths. Today it remains one of New York City's most popular attractions, offering green space in the heart of the city along with attractions like the Central Park Zoo, Belvedere Castle and Strawberry Fields.

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    Central Park in Manhattan is an 840-acre park located between 59th and 110th streets. It was one of the first American parks developed using landscape architecture and took over 20 years to construct, involving the removal of buildings and the addition of millions of trees, plants, bridges and paths. Today it remains one of New York City's most popular attractions, offering green space in the heart of the city along with attractions like the Central Park Zoo, Belvedere Castle and Strawberry Fields.

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    Central Park in Manhattan | New York City (A to Z)

    A walk, peddle, or carriage ride through the crisscrossing pathways of Central Park is a must-do
    on anyone's New York City itinerary. In winter, you can even lace up your skates and glide
    across Wollman Rink. This huge park in the city center, a half-mile wide and 2.5 miles long, is
    one of the things that makes New York such a beautiful and livable city.

    Besides being a great place to experience a little nature, Central Park has many attractions within
    its borders, and most of them are free, making it one of the few cheap things to do in NYC. Some
    of the most popular places to visit include the Belvedere Castle, Strawberry Fields, the
    Central Park Zoo, and the Lake.

    If you are exploring the park on your own, start by picking up a map at one of the visitor centers
    and plot your routing. Central Park, largest and most important public park in Manhattan, New
    York City. It occupies an area of 840 acres and extends between 59th and 110th streets and
    between Fifth and Eighth avenues.

    It was one of the first American parks to be developed using landscape architecture techniques.In
    the 1840s the increasing urbanization of Manhattan prompted the poet-editor William Cullen
    Bryant and the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing to call for a new, large park to be
    built on the island.

    Their views gained widespread support, and in 1856 most of the park’s present land was bought
    with about $5,000,000 that had been appropriated by the state legislature. The clearing of the
    site, which was begun in 1857, entailed the removal of a bone-boiling works, many scattered
    hovels and squalid farms, free-roaming livestock, and several open drains and sewers.

    A plan was devised by the architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux that would
    preserve and enhance the natural features of the terrain to provide a pastoral park for city
    dwellers; in 1858 the plan was chosen from 33 submitted in competition for a $2,000 prize.

    During the park’s ensuing construction millions of cartloads of dirt and topsoil were shifted to
    build the terrain, about 5,000,000 trees and shrubs were planted, a water-supply system was laid,
    and many bridges, arches, and roads were constructed.
    The completed Central Park officially opened in 1876, and it is still one of the greatest achievements in
    artificial landscaping. The park’s terrain and vegetation are highly varied and range from flat grassy
    swards, gentle slopes, and shady glens to steep, rocky ravines. The park affords interesting vistas and
    walks at nearly every point.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in the park, facing Fifth Avenue. There are also a zoo, an ice-skating
    rink, three small lakes, an open-air theatre, a band shell, many athletic playing fields and children’s
    playgrounds, several fountains, and hundreds of small monuments and plaques scattered through the
    area.

    There are also a police station, several blockhouses dating from the early 19th century, and “Cleopatra’s
    Needle” (an ancient Egyptian obelisk). The park has numerous footpaths and bicycle paths, and several
    roadways traverse it.

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