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Central Park is the sixth-largest park in New York City, behind Pelham Bay Park, the Staten Island Greenbelt, Freshkills Park, Van Cortlandt Park, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, [14] with an area of 843 acres (341 ha; 1.317 sq mi; 3.41 km 2). [15] [16] Central Park constitutes its own United States census tract, numbered 143.
Central Park, 1857-1995: The Birth, Decline, and Renewal of a National Treasure. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02531-4. Murphy, Jean Parker; Ottavino, Kate Burns (1986). "The Rehabilitation of Bethesda Terrace: The Terrace Bridge and Landscape, Central Park, New York". Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology. 18 (3): 24– 38. doi:10.2307 ...
Central Park is located in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. The park was the site of Liscard Hall, which was set ablaze by local vandals on 7 July 2008. The damage to the hall was too severe and the once grand house had to be demolished. The hall was the home of Sir John Tobin, a former Mayor of Liverpool. The park has football and cricket grounds.
In 2018, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed adding drop-off and pickup stands for Central Park's horse-drawn carriages at Grand Army Plaza, replacing an existing stand on Central Park South and 59th Street. [46] [200] Stands were added at two other locations, [46] and carriages began using the new stands in 2019.
Central Park, originally the grounds of Liscard Hall, is the largest park in the town. Much of the area is residential and contains mainly high-density semi-detached housing with some terraces. The gatehouse of the old Liscard Battery remains. Liscard Hall was destroyed by a fire on 7 July 2008.
The Delacorte Clock, or George Delacorte Musical Clock, is a clock and art installation outside the Central Park Zoo in Central Park, Manhattan, New York.The clock is named after George T. Delacorte Jr., and was dedicated in 1965.
The 103rd Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at West 103rd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.
Blockhouse No. 1, colloquially known as The Blockhouse, is a small fort in the North Woods section of Central Park, Manhattan, New York City.Finished in 1814, the Blockhouse is the second-oldest structure in the park, after Cleopatra's Needle, and the oldest surviving structure originally built within the park site.