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  2. Urban park - Wikipedia

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    Central Park, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, [1] is surrounded by the skyscrapers of Manhattan in New York City.. An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that ...

  3. List of urban parks by size - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom The Royal Parks: 2,360.0 955.1 The park is the largest of London's Royal Parks. The park is considered a national nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Area of Conservation, and is included on Historic England's historic register for parks. 85 Anhanguera Park São Paulo: Brazil

  4. Sutton Park NNR - Wikipedia

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    Sutton Park NNR is a large urban park located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The park is a National Nature Reserve; large parts are also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Sutton Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United Kingdom. The park covers more than 2,200 acres (900 ha) according to one source. [1]

  5. History of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    A 1610 map depicts the name Manna-hata twice, on both the east and west sides of the Mauritius River, later named the North River and ultimately the Hudson River. Alternative etymologies in folklore include "island of many hills", [ 7 ] "the island where we all became intoxicated" and simply "island", as well as a phrase descriptive of the ...

  6. Category:Urban public parks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Urban public parks in the United Kingdom" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - Wikipedia

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    One of the largest urban parks created in Western Europe for more than 150 years, designed to enrich and preserve the local environment, by restoring wetland habitats and planting native species of plants. [20] 3,600 apartments, the East Village, next to the Stratford City neighbourhood of Stratford, London. [citation needed]

  8. Timeline of British history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom

  9. Garden city movement - Wikipedia

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    Journal of Urban History 42.4 (2016): 733-752. Jones, Karen R. "'The Lungs of the City': Green Space, Public Health and Bodily Metaphor in the Landscape of Urban Park History." Environment and History 24.1 (2018): 39-58 online Archived 2022-01-23 at the Wayback Machine. Knight, Frances.