Advantages: A wonderful place with so much to see and do Disadvantages: You need to spend at least a day to see it all
...complete without a stroll in Central Park. This 843 acre park stretches from 59th St at it's southern most point to 110 St in the north - some 51 blocks! The park like any big city park provides an oasis of peace and quiet sometimes needed in a hectic city. It is only once you are in the park it's self you realize how big it is and peaceful. Only when you look at the tree line do you realize as you see the Skyscrapers peering throw that you are indeed ... ...complete the oasis that is Central Park. The park was a picture of grandeur on it's opening.
Unfortunately as with any great park maintaince is the key. The elegance and some what opulent Central park by the 1930's was in a state of great disrepair and in need of a complete over haul due to neglect. It was only with the election of Mayor LaGuardia in 1934 that broke the corruption of New York politics and in a way saved Central Park from becoming ...
jo1l 24.06.2003 (13.07.2003)
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