Humble New Yorkers will no doubt take umbrage at the suggestion that solar systems exist where The Park needs a glossary entry. A huge wooded area in the heart of Manhattan, the lungs of the metropolis, the oxygen mask of its inhabitants, a tourist-trap if there ever was one. While New Yorkers and wannabe New Yorkers locomote on roller-skates, tourists take carriage rides, whose first stop is at a water-trough, where the horse is rarely persuaded to drink.
Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3.41 km²; a rectangle 2.5 statute miles by 0.5 statute mile, or 4 km × 800 m) in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. With about twenty-five million visitors annually, Central Park is the most visited city park in the United States, and its appearance in many movies and television shows has made it among the most famous city parks in the world. It is run by the Central Park Conservancy, a private, not-for-profit organization that manages the park under a contract with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Central Park tower is the tallest skyscraper in Western Australia. When completed in 1992 it overtook the Bank West Tower as the tallest building in the city of Perth. The roof of Central Park is 226 meters (741 feet) above the ground and the tip of the spire is 249 meters (817 feet) above the ground.
Central Park is a park in central Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the Glebe neighbourhood just south of the Queensway and Centretown. The park has two sections, Central Park East and West divided by Bank Street.
Central Park situated in Bidhannagar is the second largest open field in the city of Kolkata after the Maidan.
Central Park is a shopping complex in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with over 255 businesses. The complex is located near the intersection of Interstate 95 and State Route 3. Many national big-box stores, restaurants, and smaller local businesses occupy the Central Park complex.
Central Park was a multi-use stadium in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England and was one of the most famous stadiums in rugby league. It was used mostly for rugby league matches and was the home stadium of Wigan Warriors prior to the JJB Stadium opening in 1999. When it closed, its capacity was 18,000.
Central Park is a 90-hectare urban park west of Metrotown, on the Vancouver-Burnaby border. It has been a Burnaby landmark since 1891. According to The Greater Vancouver Book (Editor in Chief: Chuck Davis)1, it was once a naval reserve set aside as a source of masts and spars for ships of the Royal Navy.