Central Park

**Central Park**
	public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States
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Instance of	urban park; tourist attraction;
Location	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Architect	Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903); Calvert Vaux;
Operator	Central Park Conservancy;
Has part(s)	Central Park Mall; Strawberry Fields; North Woods and North Meadow; Cleopatra's Needle; The Ramble and Lake; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir; Sheep Meadow; Wollman Rink; Central Park Carousel; Central Park Zoo; Bethesda Terrace and Fountain; Delacorte Theater; The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary; Harlem Meer;
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (C, Central Park, NRHP district, 1966–); Tentative World Heritage Site (Central Park, World Heritage selection criterion (ii), World Heritage selection criterion (iv), 2017–); New York City Landmark (1974–); National Historic Landmark (Central Park, 1963–); New York State Register of Historic Places listed place (06101.000663, 1980–);
Inception	1856;
Area	341 ha;
Visitors per year	40,000,000;
Different from	Central Park;
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	40° 46′ 57″ N, 73° 57′ 58″ W
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	Q160409; VIAF ID: 315146053; GND ID: 4480303-5; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85021920; NL CR AUT ID: mzk2005280328; Biblioteca Nacional de España ID: XX5122453; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10038347; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007284967105171; NRHP reference number: 66000538; OpenStreetMap way ID: 427818536
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Object location	40° 46′ 55.2″ N, 73° 57′ 57.6″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	40.782000; -73.966000

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Views from above[edit]

View of Central Park from a helicopter 1967.
Central Park from Rock Center
Central Park from above.
Map of Central Park New York City

Structures[edit]

Buildings in Central Park[edit]

The Arsenal, Central Park
Ballplayers House, Central Park
Belvedere Castle
Delacorte Theater, Central Park
Dipway Arch, Central Park
Loeb Boathouse
The Dairy
Gatehouse of Central Park reservoir
Central Park Carousel
Chess and Checkers House
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
Tavern on the Green
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain[edit]

Lake terrace in winter
Morning view under Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, NYC.
Early morning view under Bethesda Terrace, Central Park.
Below Bethesda Terrace in the Central Park.
Details of the stairway on west side of Bethesda Terrace Bridge
Bethesda fountain and the terrace, Central Park, NYC.
Bethesda fountain and under the terrace, Central Park.
Bethesda Fountain, Oct 2009
Angel of the Waters Fountain and Bethesda Terrace, Central Park.
Bethesda Fountain, by Emma Stebbins
Angel of the Waters, Bethesda Terrace, Central Park

Zoo[edit]

Polar Bear at Central Park Zoo
Seal at Central Park Zoo

Bridges[edit]

Glade Arch
Greyshot Arch
Dalehead Arch
Playmates Arch
Gapstow Bridge in December
Glen Span Arch
Trefoil Arch
Inscope Arch
Greywacke Arch
Dipway Arch
Driprock Arch
Winterdale Arch

Metal bridges[edit]

Bow Bridge in Autumn
Gothic Bridge
Pinebank Arch
Bridge No. 24
Bridge No. 27

Around Central Park[edit]

Eldorado Building in front of the Reservoir in Central Park.
Central Park west
San Remo apartments from Central Park (Autumn)
The San Remo apartments, reflected in The Lake of Central Park
Lower Central Park
Plaza Hotel, Central Park.
Central Park during Autumn
Lower Central Park, November 2011, JHB.

Monuments and memorials[edit]

Memorial to John Purroy Mitchel
William Shakespeare Statue, Central Park.
Victory leading Sherman, Central Park
The Falconer by George Blackall Simonds, in Central Park.
Fitz-Greene Halleck by James MacDonald, Central Park NYC
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller by C.L. Richter
Memorial bench of Andrew Haswell Green
Walter Scott by John Steell
"Untermeyer fountain" aka "Three Dancing Maidens", by Walter Schott.
Strawberry Fields in the Central Park with The Dakota behind

Waterbodies[edit]

The Lake, Central Park (West)
An Artist painting at Central Park.
Central Park lake in autumn.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir Central Park
Sunset over the reservoir, Central Park.
Central Park Reservoir in Winter
Central Park Reservoir.
Central Park Reservoir, in July 2009.(HDR)
Central Park West buildings over Lake.
Harlem Meer in Central Park
Harlem Meer in Winter
Central Park South from Rambles
Lake in Lower Central Park, July 2008
Look out point on the lake in autumn
The Pond, looking South

In art[edit]

Central-Park, Winter: The Skating Pond, 1862, by Currier and Ives
Terrace at the Mall 1890 by William Merritt Chase.
Maurice Brazil Prendergast: Central Park, 1901

People[edit]

Central Park, Wollman Rink.
Central Park jogging
Central Park baseball field.
Baseball field in Central park
Two old men playing chess on a Central Park bench, 1946.
Singer, Judy Collins at the Schaefer Bandstand, 1973.
Midsummer evening Quilting in Central Park, Sponsored by New York Administration Department of Cultural Affairs, June 1973.
David Ippolito in Central Park, Oct 2008
Bruce Hornsby in Central Park, New York
Violin player, below Bethesda Terrace in the Central Park.
The Lake boathouse
Central Park Band.
1989 Just a ride...