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Discover Central Park: A Half-Day Oasis Retreat in the Heart of Manhattan
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Discover Central Park: A Half-Day Oasis Retreat in the Heart of Manhattan
Escape the hustle and bustle of city life with this half-day adventure through Central Park, the 'lungs of New York City.' Uncover hidden gems as you stroll past tranquil ponds, vibrant gardens, and ancient relics. Whether it's a visit to the charming Central Park Zoo, a romantic row across the lake, or discovering a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk, there's something for everyone in this urban sanctuary.
moreEscape the hustle and bustle of city life with this half-day adventure through Central Park, the 'lungs of New York City.' Uncover hidden gems as you stroll past tranquil ponds, vibrant gardens, and ancient relics. Whether it's a visit to the charming Central Park Zoo, a romantic row across the lake, or discovering a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk, there's something for everyone in this urban sanctuary.
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Residents gather to relax and watch ducks on the pond.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F44e1c482e25a62cfeb1b86225496db8e.jpg?alt=media&token=1312ebd6-feb3-4eea-a800-f22c2df36e55"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fgapstow-bridge.jpg?alt=media&token=bf6ec54a-6577-45b2-b387-f1c4a8ac99f7"}]},{"address":"Central Park Zoo","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.76758961369183,"longitude":-73.97135585},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Central Park Zoo"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FZoo.mp3?alt=media&token=a119f456-cfb4-46b8-8346-33015a4983a9"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park Zoo is a pioneer in urban conservation, hosting several species in well-designed exhibits. As expected for an early urban animal conservation initiative, the zoo is small. \"Tropic Zone,\" a house containing exotic tropical birds, reptiles, and little creatures, is the zoo's favourite portion for many visitors. Adults can enjoy this location in a few hours.\n\nThe zoo is the perfect size for kids, with enough attractions and exhibits to keep children interested, including a petting zoo with goats, lambs, and llamas (bring quarters to feed them). There's also an interesting 15-minute 4D movie.\n\nWhen organising a vacation, it's best to attend all of the \"highlight\" events, such feeding penguins and sea lions, since the creatures are so entertaining to watch."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1v4349923o_cpz_map_summer_2022.jpg?alt=media&token=0e5c2f77-65cd-4399-9f94-e531e70dd55d"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCentral_Park_Zoo.webp?alt=media&token=2dfba5c9-c2d0-4b55-8dfb-f0ca65aadbaa"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fcentral-park-zoo.jpg?alt=media&token=97cb8745-bdfc-4bdb-a23f-a9672849f651"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F02.jpg?alt=media&token=62b5a9fc-3a0c-4218-adb4-b20fd47049a3"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F242a762173ae7da8b920514fb9e8be54.jpg?alt=media&token=4a6bb06d-5689-4d08-9436-a165c8f47a81"}]},{"address":"Central Park Carousel","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.770014663693004,"longitude":-73.97515115},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Central Park Carousel"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCarosel.mp3?alt=media&token=62f98e8c-00ae-4674-ab52-480fd96bd180"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park has one of the nation's most popular and largest carousels, the fourth in that site. The current model, dedicated \"to the children of New York\" by the Michael Friedsam Foundation in 1951, replaced previous models destroyed in fires.\n\nNo gravity-defying surge, no virtual reality, no 3D projection – just mechanical horses running round and round while cheesy old-timey music plays!! Rides aren't free, but the entertainment is."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F9.png?alt=media&token=bf0a4caa-1af6-4cc7-b2b2-83c0d0aad09f"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F10.png?alt=media&token=03b517c6-f795-4a19-a746-5758b775a414"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F8.png?alt=media&token=280704c3-0337-411a-b795-5e306247d656"}]},{"address":"Sheep Meadow","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77169229428526,"longitude":-73.9751759},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Sheep Meadow"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FSheep.mp3?alt=media&token=21cc35e5-5ee7-4660-ac1e-e211115611a5"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park's Sheep Meadow is a summertime favourite. You may use neighbouring facilities, bounce a ball, and dine nearby. The city's towers change from spring to autumn beautifully. Play games, dance, picnic, sunbathe, read, go online (free wi-fi), and sleep here.\n\nPark commissioners prohibited military parades and brought hundreds of sheep to give the meadow a \"romantic English ambience\" and fertilise the grass. Victorian-era shepherds halted traffic every two hours to feed and water animals. 1934 saw the opening of Tavern on the Green. The meadow held events throughout the 1960s. Hundreds of thousands attended concerts, anti-Vietnam War marches, and \"love-ins.\"\n\nSheep Meadow in Central Park is \"free of city illumination glare,\" according to some. A blanket and snacks help pass the time.\n\nIf you want to remain late, observe when the gates close, otherwise you may have to run across the meadow."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F5a725580af61d8841b8b476e.webp?alt=media&token=b2cdab58-73ea-4527-aefa-1761f34aa70e"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FApr%C3%ADl_2004_004.jpg?alt=media&token=aa1cb91e-c015-4be0-bee0-91154443579e"}]},{"address":"Q2GG+83","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.775812513695804,"longitude":-73.9748125},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Strawberry Fields"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStop%20Stawberry.mp3?alt=media&token=0cb54514-ff68-4ba2-9bd9-3c844ebf44e4"},{"type":"text","content":"Strawberry Fields is a casual (and often busy) Central Park portion near where John Lennon was assassinated in 1980. John Lennon's 1985 memorial is quiet. Guitarists play Beatles tunes, and most people sing or reflect.\n\nA black-and-white mosaic of John Lennon's \"Imagine\" stands in the site's centre (go early if you want good pictures). The monument's American elms and seats make it a popular picnic site. Strawberry Fields is a \"Garden of Peace\" according to several nations.\n\nFans chant his songs till dawn on his birthday and death anniversaries.\n\nJohn Lennon's flat is near the monument's closest park entrance (on 72nd Street)."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-Strawberry_Fields_Forever.jpg?alt=media&token=6c51ecf5-63cd-4805-984f-7823111e8bdd"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-Strawberry_Fields_-_Central_Park_3a.jpg?alt=media&token=ccf6301e-ba30-4ed5-8ccb-46c1387ad0ca"}]},{"address":"Bethesda Terrace","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77379626369483,"longitude":-73.97096065000001},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Bethesda Terrace"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FTerrace.mp3?alt=media&token=43d66218-ac24-44ee-bf84-5a90cfb62d33"},{"type":"text","content":"Bethesda Terrace, a Central Park landmark, is where you can relax, see street performers, listen to music, and people watch.\n\nIt's a superb example of 19th-century architecture with an arcaded structure and carved limestone ornamentation. Large fountain with \"Angel of the Water\" statue and tiled underpass are photogenic.\n\nCentral Park visitors may spend 30 minutes admiring the fountains and flowering plants (spring-autumn). Stone benches overlook the lake and buildings."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBethesda_Terrace_Central_Park_Manhattan_NYC.jpg?alt=media&token=404b5f77-9346-47a6-aeaf-4ba793a31d8c"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bethesda_Terrace_in_the_time_of_pandemic.jpg?alt=media&token=1c561272-c69b-475a-9597-6dfbe29ba24f"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBethesda_Terrace_And_Fountain_(159775685).jpeg?alt=media&token=8254ef2e-6cab-4248-bb74-71720e1603f1"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bethesda_Fountain%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png?alt=media&token=155d05f8-54da-46a3-aafb-83e200d72dd3"}]},{"address":"Bow Bridge","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77648696615555,"longitude":-73.97350435},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Bow Bridge"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBow.mp3?alt=media&token=075f6eb0-8263-406e-9ef7-0bc9b2f87e42"},{"type":"text","content":"Bow Bridge is a magnificent 1800s remnant for shooting from the bridge or Lake Michigan. The walkway's low profile and length make it ideal for seeing the UWS skyline through the trees.\n\nBow Bridge is stunning year-round and romantic in the autumn. Anyone who has watched an American film from this era has seen it at least six times (\"Great Expectations\", \"Leap of Faith\", \"When Harry Met Sally\", \"Night at the Museum\", \"Autumn in New York\", \"Highlander\", etc.).\n\nIf the weather is nice, hire a rowboat and cruise the lake or photograph the rowboats, bridge, and San Remo building. Nearby is Loeb Boathouse."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FFall_Foliage_Central_Park_New_York_City%2C_Bow_Bridge%2C_U.S.A.jpg?alt=media&token=03a87366-d4f7-4b8b-bd67-8d51728f6c92"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bow_Bridge%2C_Central_Park%2C_New_York%2C_by_Chase%2C_W._M._(William_M.)%2C_ca._1818-1901.png?alt=media&token=f0e4503d-fc2c-4b58-9ebc-af04702fd972"}]},{"address":"Shakespeare Garden","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.779628163697645,"longitude":-73.96994765000001},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Shakespeare Garden"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FShake.mp3?alt=media&token=1535f26a-f64b-4bd8-b973-a17fc896eee8"},{"type":"text","content":"Rare find. It's a lovely place for an afternoon walk because to its hills, winding pathways, sculptures, and flowers. Plaques containing Shakespeare lines are amid the garden's mulberry, columbine, primrose, and wormwood. Central Park personnel loves the garden because they preserve its beauty.\n\nThe sloping property is near Belvedere Fortress, a pseudo-medieval fortress with a view of Turtle Pond uptown. Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest have been presented at Delacorte. Must-see: Swedish Cottage marionette theatre.\n\nCome here if you're tired of Central Park."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Apr_2019_32.jpg?alt=media&token=a5767adf-946f-4798-bc07-668fccb1d123"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Apr_2019_24.jpg?alt=media&token=b419da63-624f-4c2b-8510-edc8e0ae6035"}]},{"address":"Belvedere Castle","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77951606390691,"longitude":-73.96773890000003},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Belvedere Castle"},{"type":"text","content":"Rare find. It's a lovely place for an afternoon walk because to its hills, winding pathways, sculptures, and flowers. Plaques containing Shakespeare lines are amid the garden's mulberry, columbine, primrose, and wormwood. Central Park personnel loves the garden because they preserve its beauty.\n\nThe sloping property is near Belvedere Fortress, a pseudo-medieval fortress with a view of Turtle Pond uptown. Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest have been presented at Delacorte. Must-see: Swedish Cottage marionette theatre.\n\nCome here if you're tired of Central Park."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-USA-NYC-Central_Park-Belvedere_Castle.jpg?alt=media&token=4aec37fa-692c-4d0a-a172-3eafcbd11169"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Belvedere_Castle_in_the_rain.jpg?alt=media&token=5b02f070-d40d-404f-b499-16cf2ea85292"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-BelvedereCastle2.jpg?alt=media&token=ff0fea52-ae14-466f-92af-026e31a81a3d"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCastler.mp3?alt=media&token=c742630b-9759-42e3-bf8a-d66c0011cfa9"}]},{"address":"Cleopatra's Needle","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77885526634269,"longitude":-73.96557289999998},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Cleopatra's Needle"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FPin.mp3?alt=media&token=d632a881-966a-4b7b-991f-52e06497359c"},{"type":"text","content":"Cleopatra's Needle is the oldest man-made structure in Central Park in New York City. The London obelisk is its true twin as they both utilised the same quarry for red granite. Heliopolis and Alexandria constructed 68-foot-tall, 224-tonne obelisks around 1450 BC.\n\nA custom-made bridge was created across the street from the Met to transport the colossal gift from the Hudson River to the Met.\n\nWhen the Obelisk was in Egypt, the Romans attached 900-pound bronze crabs to its base. The originals of these ancient crustaceans are at the Met's Sackler Wing."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-USA-NYC-Central_Park-Cleopatra's_Needle5.jpg?alt=media&token=a30977d9-0452-4cfa-8fba-826d68aa6ffb"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-thumbnail.jpg?alt=media&token=9b277990-67b2-4700-bd3c-186d0066d1ed"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FGezicht_op_het_ontschepen_van_de_Naald_van_Cleopatra_te_New_York_Disembarking_the_obelisk_(titel_op_object)%2C_RP-F-2001-7-1549-15.jpg?alt=media&token=2b33f92f-adbb-40b1-8a3d-844a50abb054"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FArtotypes_of_the_removal_transport_and_erection_of_Cleopatras_Needle_from_Egypt_to_the_Metropolitan_Museum_in_New_York_in_Egyptian_obelisks_Plate_no_I.jpg?alt=media&token=f09ff2e0-687a-43e5-97fd-3f9f83127550"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Flossy-page1-1200px-Central_Park%2C_N.Y._(View_of_Cleopatra's_Needle%2C_with_horse_cart_on_pathway.)_(NYPL_b11708077-G91F223_090F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=4c66a815-8378-4a65-adcb-ccf9dc724a9c"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCleopatra's_Needle%2C_Central_Park%2C_N.Y_(NYPL_b11708077-G91F223_092F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=8b211c44-f2fd-44e4-853a-41576b033325"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Gezicht_op_het_draaien_van_de_Naald_van_Cleopatra_te_Central_Park_Turning_the_obelisk_(titel_op_object)%2C_RP-F-2001-7-1549-19.jpg?alt=media&token=97a80b78-3201-40b1-9a63-290ebec4185a"}]},{"address":"Alexander Hamilton Monument","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.7813203136985,"longitude":-73.96386469999997},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Alexander Hamilton Monument"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStop%20audio.mp3?alt=media&token=6b094630-e37a-4487-87a8-cbb2e640142d"},{"type":"text","content":"A 19th-century monument of Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) is near the Great Lawn in Central Park. Hamilton is shown in Colonial clothes (wig, ruffled collar, underwear, buckle shoes), standing solid and dignified (knickers).\n\nFriend of George Washington, he fought in the Revolutionary War and opposed legalising slavery. He became Treasury Secretary on September 11, 1789. In 1880, John C. Hamilton dedicated the monument."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStatue_of_Hamilton%2C_Boston_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_013F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=cef15330-0331-4475-9739-c9a7afaa7e65"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FHamilton_statue%2C_Commonwealth_Avenue%2C_Boston%2C_Mass_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_081F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=dd5fbdc3-cf6d-4b6e-bdf0-3ccf012f4a74"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FHamilton_statue%2C_Boston%2C_Mass_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_093ZF).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=018ae292-648b-4d67-af47-6260622dddfc"}]},{"address":"W 86 St/Transverse","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.78351307206046,"longitude":-73.96409015967966},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fpool.mp3?alt=media&token=76cc52f0-7c0b-4f04-9040-4c14ac2de204"},{"type":"text","content":"Reservoir's billion-gallon size dwarfs lesser lakes and ponds. Run or soar over New York City if you're feeling energised. Uptown residents have traditionally jogged on this 1.6-mile elevated track to admire the city's skyline and lights.\n\nFlat terrain makes long walks easy. This boardwalk is counterclockwise-only. I like running on the less-crowded outer ring.\n\nThe Loch and Ravine in the 90-acre North Woods portion north of the Reservoir seem like upstate New York. Lost New Yorkers."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_-_Jaquelin_Kennedy_Onassis_Reservoir_(New_York)_(44330001095).jpg?alt=media&token=81701eb4-6cf4-4451-8443-cfbfc6bf7d1b"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Reservoir_(3014187920).jpg?alt=media&token=e973f24a-e7f7-4f0d-9a39-382828a6f5e6"}]}]
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Escape the hustle and bustle of city life with this half-day adventure through Central Park, the 'lungs of New York City.' Uncover hidden gems as you stroll past tranquil ponds, vibrant gardens, and ancient relics. Whether it's a visit to the charming Central Park Zoo, a romantic row across the lake, or discovering a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk, there's something for everyone in this urban sanctuary.
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Residents gather to relax and watch ducks on the pond.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F44e1c482e25a62cfeb1b86225496db8e.jpg?alt=media&token=1312ebd6-feb3-4eea-a800-f22c2df36e55"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fgapstow-bridge.jpg?alt=media&token=bf6ec54a-6577-45b2-b387-f1c4a8ac99f7"}]},{"address":"Central Park Zoo","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.76758961369183,"longitude":-73.97135585},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Central Park Zoo"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FZoo.mp3?alt=media&token=a119f456-cfb4-46b8-8346-33015a4983a9"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park Zoo is a pioneer in urban conservation, hosting several species in well-designed exhibits. As expected for an early urban animal conservation initiative, the zoo is small. \"Tropic Zone,\" a house containing exotic tropical birds, reptiles, and little creatures, is the zoo's favourite portion for many visitors. Adults can enjoy this location in a few hours.\n\nThe zoo is the perfect size for kids, with enough attractions and exhibits to keep children interested, including a petting zoo with goats, lambs, and llamas (bring quarters to feed them). There's also an interesting 15-minute 4D movie.\n\nWhen organising a vacation, it's best to attend all of the \"highlight\" events, such feeding penguins and sea lions, since the creatures are so entertaining to watch."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1v4349923o_cpz_map_summer_2022.jpg?alt=media&token=0e5c2f77-65cd-4399-9f94-e531e70dd55d"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCentral_Park_Zoo.webp?alt=media&token=2dfba5c9-c2d0-4b55-8dfb-f0ca65aadbaa"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fcentral-park-zoo.jpg?alt=media&token=97cb8745-bdfc-4bdb-a23f-a9672849f651"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F02.jpg?alt=media&token=62b5a9fc-3a0c-4218-adb4-b20fd47049a3"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F242a762173ae7da8b920514fb9e8be54.jpg?alt=media&token=4a6bb06d-5689-4d08-9436-a165c8f47a81"}]},{"address":"Central Park Carousel","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.770014663693004,"longitude":-73.97515115},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Central Park Carousel"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCarosel.mp3?alt=media&token=62f98e8c-00ae-4674-ab52-480fd96bd180"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park has one of the nation's most popular and largest carousels, the fourth in that site. The current model, dedicated \"to the children of New York\" by the Michael Friedsam Foundation in 1951, replaced previous models destroyed in fires.\n\nNo gravity-defying surge, no virtual reality, no 3D projection – just mechanical horses running round and round while cheesy old-timey music plays!! Rides aren't free, but the entertainment is."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F9.png?alt=media&token=bf0a4caa-1af6-4cc7-b2b2-83c0d0aad09f"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F10.png?alt=media&token=03b517c6-f795-4a19-a746-5758b775a414"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F8.png?alt=media&token=280704c3-0337-411a-b795-5e306247d656"}]},{"address":"Sheep Meadow","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77169229428526,"longitude":-73.9751759},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Sheep Meadow"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FSheep.mp3?alt=media&token=21cc35e5-5ee7-4660-ac1e-e211115611a5"},{"type":"text","content":"Central Park's Sheep Meadow is a summertime favourite. You may use neighbouring facilities, bounce a ball, and dine nearby. The city's towers change from spring to autumn beautifully. Play games, dance, picnic, sunbathe, read, go online (free wi-fi), and sleep here.\n\nPark commissioners prohibited military parades and brought hundreds of sheep to give the meadow a \"romantic English ambience\" and fertilise the grass. Victorian-era shepherds halted traffic every two hours to feed and water animals. 1934 saw the opening of Tavern on the Green. The meadow held events throughout the 1960s. Hundreds of thousands attended concerts, anti-Vietnam War marches, and \"love-ins.\"\n\nSheep Meadow in Central Park is \"free of city illumination glare,\" according to some. A blanket and snacks help pass the time.\n\nIf you want to remain late, observe when the gates close, otherwise you may have to run across the meadow."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F5a725580af61d8841b8b476e.webp?alt=media&token=b2cdab58-73ea-4527-aefa-1761f34aa70e"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FApr%C3%ADl_2004_004.jpg?alt=media&token=aa1cb91e-c015-4be0-bee0-91154443579e"}]},{"address":"Q2GG+83","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.775812513695804,"longitude":-73.9748125},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Strawberry Fields"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStop%20Stawberry.mp3?alt=media&token=0cb54514-ff68-4ba2-9bd9-3c844ebf44e4"},{"type":"text","content":"Strawberry Fields is a casual (and often busy) Central Park portion near where John Lennon was assassinated in 1980. John Lennon's 1985 memorial is quiet. Guitarists play Beatles tunes, and most people sing or reflect.\n\nA black-and-white mosaic of John Lennon's \"Imagine\" stands in the site's centre (go early if you want good pictures). The monument's American elms and seats make it a popular picnic site. Strawberry Fields is a \"Garden of Peace\" according to several nations.\n\nFans chant his songs till dawn on his birthday and death anniversaries.\n\nJohn Lennon's flat is near the monument's closest park entrance (on 72nd Street)."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-Strawberry_Fields_Forever.jpg?alt=media&token=6c51ecf5-63cd-4805-984f-7823111e8bdd"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-Strawberry_Fields_-_Central_Park_3a.jpg?alt=media&token=ccf6301e-ba30-4ed5-8ccb-46c1387ad0ca"}]},{"address":"Bethesda Terrace","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77379626369483,"longitude":-73.97096065000001},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Bethesda Terrace"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FTerrace.mp3?alt=media&token=43d66218-ac24-44ee-bf84-5a90cfb62d33"},{"type":"text","content":"Bethesda Terrace, a Central Park landmark, is where you can relax, see street performers, listen to music, and people watch.\n\nIt's a superb example of 19th-century architecture with an arcaded structure and carved limestone ornamentation. Large fountain with \"Angel of the Water\" statue and tiled underpass are photogenic.\n\nCentral Park visitors may spend 30 minutes admiring the fountains and flowering plants (spring-autumn). Stone benches overlook the lake and buildings."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBethesda_Terrace_Central_Park_Manhattan_NYC.jpg?alt=media&token=404b5f77-9346-47a6-aeaf-4ba793a31d8c"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bethesda_Terrace_in_the_time_of_pandemic.jpg?alt=media&token=1c561272-c69b-475a-9597-6dfbe29ba24f"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBethesda_Terrace_And_Fountain_(159775685).jpeg?alt=media&token=8254ef2e-6cab-4248-bb74-71720e1603f1"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bethesda_Fountain%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png?alt=media&token=155d05f8-54da-46a3-aafb-83e200d72dd3"}]},{"address":"Bow Bridge","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77648696615555,"longitude":-73.97350435},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Bow Bridge"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FBow.mp3?alt=media&token=075f6eb0-8263-406e-9ef7-0bc9b2f87e42"},{"type":"text","content":"Bow Bridge is a magnificent 1800s remnant for shooting from the bridge or Lake Michigan. The walkway's low profile and length make it ideal for seeing the UWS skyline through the trees.\n\nBow Bridge is stunning year-round and romantic in the autumn. Anyone who has watched an American film from this era has seen it at least six times (\"Great Expectations\", \"Leap of Faith\", \"When Harry Met Sally\", \"Night at the Museum\", \"Autumn in New York\", \"Highlander\", etc.).\n\nIf the weather is nice, hire a rowboat and cruise the lake or photograph the rowboats, bridge, and San Remo building. Nearby is Loeb Boathouse."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FFall_Foliage_Central_Park_New_York_City%2C_Bow_Bridge%2C_U.S.A.jpg?alt=media&token=03a87366-d4f7-4b8b-bd67-8d51728f6c92"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Bow_Bridge%2C_Central_Park%2C_New_York%2C_by_Chase%2C_W._M._(William_M.)%2C_ca._1818-1901.png?alt=media&token=f0e4503d-fc2c-4b58-9ebc-af04702fd972"}]},{"address":"Shakespeare Garden","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.779628163697645,"longitude":-73.96994765000001},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Shakespeare Garden"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FShake.mp3?alt=media&token=1535f26a-f64b-4bd8-b973-a17fc896eee8"},{"type":"text","content":"Rare find. It's a lovely place for an afternoon walk because to its hills, winding pathways, sculptures, and flowers. Plaques containing Shakespeare lines are amid the garden's mulberry, columbine, primrose, and wormwood. Central Park personnel loves the garden because they preserve its beauty.\n\nThe sloping property is near Belvedere Fortress, a pseudo-medieval fortress with a view of Turtle Pond uptown. Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest have been presented at Delacorte. Must-see: Swedish Cottage marionette theatre.\n\nCome here if you're tired of Central Park."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Apr_2019_32.jpg?alt=media&token=a5767adf-946f-4798-bc07-668fccb1d123"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Apr_2019_24.jpg?alt=media&token=b419da63-624f-4c2b-8510-edc8e0ae6035"}]},{"address":"Belvedere Castle","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77951606390691,"longitude":-73.96773890000003},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Belvedere Castle"},{"type":"text","content":"Rare find. It's a lovely place for an afternoon walk because to its hills, winding pathways, sculptures, and flowers. Plaques containing Shakespeare lines are amid the garden's mulberry, columbine, primrose, and wormwood. Central Park personnel loves the garden because they preserve its beauty.\n\nThe sloping property is near Belvedere Fortress, a pseudo-medieval fortress with a view of Turtle Pond uptown. Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest have been presented at Delacorte. Must-see: Swedish Cottage marionette theatre.\n\nCome here if you're tired of Central Park."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-USA-NYC-Central_Park-Belvedere_Castle.jpg?alt=media&token=4aec37fa-692c-4d0a-a172-3eafcbd11169"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Belvedere_Castle_in_the_rain.jpg?alt=media&token=5b02f070-d40d-404f-b499-16cf2ea85292"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F640px-BelvedereCastle2.jpg?alt=media&token=ff0fea52-ae14-466f-92af-026e31a81a3d"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCastler.mp3?alt=media&token=c742630b-9759-42e3-bf8a-d66c0011cfa9"}]},{"address":"Cleopatra's Needle","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.77885526634269,"longitude":-73.96557289999998},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Cleopatra's Needle"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FPin.mp3?alt=media&token=d632a881-966a-4b7b-991f-52e06497359c"},{"type":"text","content":"Cleopatra's Needle is the oldest man-made structure in Central Park in New York City. The London obelisk is its true twin as they both utilised the same quarry for red granite. Heliopolis and Alexandria constructed 68-foot-tall, 224-tonne obelisks around 1450 BC.\n\nA custom-made bridge was created across the street from the Met to transport the colossal gift from the Hudson River to the Met.\n\nWhen the Obelisk was in Egypt, the Romans attached 900-pound bronze crabs to its base. The originals of these ancient crustaceans are at the Met's Sackler Wing."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-USA-NYC-Central_Park-Cleopatra's_Needle5.jpg?alt=media&token=a30977d9-0452-4cfa-8fba-826d68aa6ffb"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-thumbnail.jpg?alt=media&token=9b277990-67b2-4700-bd3c-186d0066d1ed"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FGezicht_op_het_ontschepen_van_de_Naald_van_Cleopatra_te_New_York_Disembarking_the_obelisk_(titel_op_object)%2C_RP-F-2001-7-1549-15.jpg?alt=media&token=2b33f92f-adbb-40b1-8a3d-844a50abb054"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FArtotypes_of_the_removal_transport_and_erection_of_Cleopatras_Needle_from_Egypt_to_the_Metropolitan_Museum_in_New_York_in_Egyptian_obelisks_Plate_no_I.jpg?alt=media&token=f09ff2e0-687a-43e5-97fd-3f9f83127550"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Flossy-page1-1200px-Central_Park%2C_N.Y._(View_of_Cleopatra's_Needle%2C_with_horse_cart_on_pathway.)_(NYPL_b11708077-G91F223_090F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=4c66a815-8378-4a65-adcb-ccf9dc724a9c"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FCleopatra's_Needle%2C_Central_Park%2C_N.Y_(NYPL_b11708077-G91F223_092F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=8b211c44-f2fd-44e4-853a-41576b033325"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Gezicht_op_het_draaien_van_de_Naald_van_Cleopatra_te_Central_Park_Turning_the_obelisk_(titel_op_object)%2C_RP-F-2001-7-1549-19.jpg?alt=media&token=97a80b78-3201-40b1-9a63-290ebec4185a"}]},{"address":"Alexander Hamilton Monument","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.7813203136985,"longitude":-73.96386469999997},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Alexander Hamilton Monument"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStop%20audio.mp3?alt=media&token=6b094630-e37a-4487-87a8-cbb2e640142d"},{"type":"text","content":"A 19th-century monument of Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) is near the Great Lawn in Central Park. Hamilton is shown in Colonial clothes (wig, ruffled collar, underwear, buckle shoes), standing solid and dignified (knickers).\n\nFriend of George Washington, he fought in the Revolutionary War and opposed legalising slavery. He became Treasury Secretary on September 11, 1789. In 1880, John C. Hamilton dedicated the monument."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FStatue_of_Hamilton%2C_Boston_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_013F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=cef15330-0331-4475-9739-c9a7afaa7e65"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FHamilton_statue%2C_Commonwealth_Avenue%2C_Boston%2C_Mass_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_081F).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=dd5fbdc3-cf6d-4b6e-bdf0-3ccf012f4a74"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2FHamilton_statue%2C_Boston%2C_Mass_(NYPL_b11707572-G90F328_093ZF).tiff.jpg?alt=media&token=018ae292-648b-4d67-af47-6260622dddfc"}]},{"address":"W 86 St/Transverse","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.78351307206046,"longitude":-73.96409015967966},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2Fpool.mp3?alt=media&token=76cc52f0-7c0b-4f04-9040-4c14ac2de204"},{"type":"text","content":"Reservoir's billion-gallon size dwarfs lesser lakes and ponds. Run or soar over New York City if you're feeling energised. Uptown residents have traditionally jogged on this 1.6-mile elevated track to admire the city's skyline and lights.\n\nFlat terrain makes long walks easy. This boardwalk is counterclockwise-only. I like running on the less-crowded outer ring.\n\nThe Loch and Ravine in the 90-acre North Woods portion north of the Reservoir seem like upstate New York. Lost New Yorkers."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_-_Jaquelin_Kennedy_Onassis_Reservoir_(New_York)_(44330001095).jpg?alt=media&token=81701eb4-6cf4-4451-8443-cfbfc6bf7d1b"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FpyKabgCn5Ni23rnlRghM%2F1024px-Central_Park_Reservoir_(3014187920).jpg?alt=media&token=e973f24a-e7f7-4f0d-9a39-382828a6f5e6"}]}]
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