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Friday, March 23. 2012

Central Park in Spring

A gorgeous couple of days in New York City give me the opportunity to wander around and see how people are enjoying themselves.  Central Park is a great place to take it all in.  I started on the southwestern portion of the park, at its Columbus Circle entrance.  Plenty of people just resting, looking at the flowers blooming in the Circle, or eating lunch.




Central Park is 843 acres.  More below the fold -

I entered the park, and saw people laying out on the open spaces, particularly over where the rocks (schist, a formation of mica, feldspar and quartz) jut out.



I turned north and up toward The Lake.  There is a small peninsula of land jutting into The Lake called Hernshead, so named because it resembles the head of a Heron.



Crossing over, a view back toward the city from Hernshead over the southern portion of The Lake...



 


As I turned back toward my office, I crossed over by Strawberry Fields...



Across from the Dakota and 55 Central Park West (otherwise known as "The Ghostbusters Building")




Ending with a view up Central Park West, as I head back to the office.  A pleasant walk, all told.


Posted by Bulldog in Gardens, Plants, etc., Our Essays, Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 12:12 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Spring in NYC is the best season, especially when the trees come into bloom and begin to leaf out. But I would recommend staying out of town during winter and high summer.
#1 chuck on 2012-03-23 12:19 (Reply)
I wish I had that option. This winter was actually very nice, though. I got out for a walk at least once a week. During the summer, even when it's too hot, I'll get out two or three times.

Sadly, you're correct that high summer is awful. It's fairly common to feel like I need to take a shower when I arrive at work around 8am. And the winter, when it hits the very cold portions, like we had in 2011 and 2010, see bitter winds whipping down the canyon of buildings.
#1.1 Bulldog on 2012-03-23 12:29 (Reply)
I never knew Central Park was 850 acres +/-. I knew it was big, I didn't know it was that big.

Wow.
#2 Tom Francis on 2012-03-23 16:43 (Reply)
Late March seems rather early for the leaves to come in. Let's hope there aren't many more hard freezes.
#3 Gringo on 2012-03-23 16:59 (Reply)
- The rock is known as Manhattan Schist. It's the bedrock which makes it possible to build tall bldgs. in Manhattan.

- In May, CP has possibly the best birding on the East Coast, because it's on the Atlantic Flyway, and it's a large green oasis.

- CP could be a bit of a dangerous place in the 70s. No more. It's a happy place. Lots of pretty gals there, too.
#4 BD on 2012-03-23 17:08 (Reply)
Thanks for these posts - haven't been back in a while...
#5 Ben David on 2012-03-24 14:43 (Reply)

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