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May 5, 2007

Strolling about in Central Park

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Entering Central Park from 6th Avenue, New York City

Entering from 6th Avenue

By far the jewel of New York City surely isn't a grand landmark like the Statue of Liberty or a technical masterpiece like the subway. It's Central Park. Here the active segment of the city teems with a rich array of activities. Wide open fields edged with a maze of walkways, bridges, shady trees and lakes. Sidewalk vendors, runners and roller-bladers, artists and musicians, and tourists like us mill about. All of this verdant extravangance nestled amidst an army of skyscrapers which stand in rigid formation for miles around.

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Nice shady areas

Central Park

Muy Caro Amigo

Central Park is certainly amongst the most expensive parks in the world, valued in 2005 at just shy of $529 billion dollars. Annually the CP Conservancy spends about $25 million dollars spread out over 843 acres and the numerous utilities which sustain the landscape. Of course, such a wealthy city as New York can easily afford and appreciate such a magnificent burden if it can thrive amidst land prices exceeding $1,130 per square foot in recent years.

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Central Park South

Central park is the natural antidote to the culmination of civilization which is New York City. It’s a breath of fresh air and sanity amidst the smog, noise and clutter.