Central Park in Pictures

If you come to New York and eventually get tired of wandering among skyscrapers, Central Park is an essential stop.

The rectangular park is famous for many things, including its squirrels.

Because I spent much of yesterday evening here during a fashion shoot, I thought I would write about the park today.

Yesterday I also streamed a street musician live from near Central Park.

Today I will try to show some of my favourite locations through photographs.

A huge number of films have been shot here.

Even today, you can run into film crews, photo shoots and productions almost every day.

The park itself was deliberately designed and built.

Some of New York’s most expensive apartments surround it.

Many global celebrities have bought homes overlooking the park.

Below, I will show you a view from the balcony of one such luxury apartment.

You can read almost everything about Central Park through the linked information, so I will not repeat all the details here.

It would be difficult to choose only a few facts anyway.

Instead, I would rather offer practical ideas about how I personally enjoy the atmosphere of the park.

There are sections designed almost entirely for relaxation.

There are many playgrounds.

A small zoo.

Lakes.

Museums.

Restaurants.

Memorials.

And events.

Looking at the crowd above, you might assume the entire park is always that busy.

Fortunately, it is not.

Central Park has countless small hidden places where you can simply be by yourself.

I have always felt safe on the Manhattan side of the park.

The same is generally true toward Harlem as well.

Below, I want to show a few quieter moments as proof.

I hope the feeling comes through.

So where should you actually begin exploring the park?

That depends a great deal on where you are staying.

Subway lines run along one long side of the park.

On the other side, buses are more important.

There are also cross-town buses that cut through the park.

So access is good from both sides.

Overall, Central Park is full of life day and night.

It offers something for every age group.

I recommend entering around W 59th St / 5th Ave, as shown on the map below.

I also made a short video there to give you a better sense of the location.

Below, I would like to show the park through a few everyday scenes.

As Halloween approaches, ghostly decorations appear all over the city.

Inside the park, people occasionally begin dressing up too.

I will write more about that later.

The park is full of benches.

There is almost always somewhere to sit.

Each bench carries a small brass plaque preserving a personal memory.

If you follow the route shown on the map above, after a few hundred metres you reach Gapstow Bridge.

You can see it in the photograph below.

The bridge may look familiar because it has appeared in many romantic films.

From this point you can continue in several directions.

The easiest option is probably to use the park map and choose the attractions that interest you most.

For current programmes and events, the linked information gives more precise details.

Below, I simply want to show through photographs what makes Central Park beautiful to me.

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