• Today, New York City’s eight million residents can access the park for concerts, festivals, exercise, sports, chess and checkers and just to escape the bustle of urban life in the city that never sleeps.
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Overview
• Location: Manhattan, New York city • Built time: 1873 • Area: 843 acres (3.41 km2) • Designer: Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux • Landscaping and facilities: walking tracks, bridle paths, ice-skating rinks, Zoo, encircling running track, outdoor amphitheater etc.
• The first section of Central Park opened to the public in December of 1859 and by 1865 Central Park was receiving over seven million visitors per year. Meanwhile, Olmsted exhaustively debated with city officials over design and construction details. A curved reservoir was added to the site and the swamps in the northern end of the park were replaced with lakes.