Central Park

Central Park

The park's creators had a simple goal: Design a place where city dwellers can go to forget the city. And while the town eventually grew far taller than the trees planted to hide it, this goal never falters. A combination escape hatch and exercise yard, Central Park is an urbanized Eden that offers residents and visitors alike a bite of the apple. We can't imagine how insufferably stressed New York City would be without it.

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