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  2. Central Park - Wikipedia

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    June 23, 1980 [ 1 ] Designated NYCL. March 26, 1974 [ 2 ] Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in ...

  3. Belvedere Castle - Wikipedia

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    Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms, an observation deck, and since 1919 has housed Central Park’s official weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1867. [1] An architectural hybrid of Romanesque and Gothic styles, the design called ...

  4. Bethesda Terrace and Fountain - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of the Lake in New York City 's Central Park. The fountain, with its Angel of the Waters statue, is located in the center of the terrace. Bethesda Terrace's two levels are united by two grand staircases and a lesser one that passes under Terrace Drive.

  5. Strawberry Fields (memorial) - Wikipedia

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    Click on the map and then on the points for details. Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City 's Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever", written by Lennon.

  6. Public art in Central Park - Wikipedia

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    New York City's 843-acre (3.41 km 2) Central Park is the home of many works of public art in various media, such as bronze, stone, and tile. Many are sculptures in the form of busts, statues, equestrian statues, and panels carved or cast in low relief. Others are two-dimensional bronze or tile plaques. Some artworks do double-duty as fountains ...

  7. Central Park Zoo - Wikipedia

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    The Central Park Zoo is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), an integrated network of four zoos and an aquarium spread throughout New York City. [a] Located at East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue, the zoo is situated on a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) [3] plot in Central Park.

  8. The Ramble and Lake - Wikipedia

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    The Ramble and Lake are two geographic features of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. Part of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux 's 1857 Greensward Plan for Central Park, the features are located on the west side of the park between the 66th and 79th Street transverses. The 38-acre (150,000 m 2) Ramble, located on the north shore of ...

  9. The Concert in Central Park - Wikipedia

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    The Concert in Central Park. The Concert in Central Park is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on February 16, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded on September 19, 1981, at a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of 500,000 ...