Central Park in Autumn

New York's Central Park features 843 acres filled with classic architecture, gorgeous statuary, playground, world famous Zoo and the Children's Zoo, and scenic spots on the Lake surrounded by the natural splendor of the landscape. There is also picturesque Belvedere Castle on Cedar Hill. Turtle Pond, so designated in 1987 in honor of its most prominent residents, began life as Belvedere Lake. At the beginning, Belvedere Lake was a shallow pool that soon became the home to an itinerant collection of fish, frogs, turtles, dragonflies, and aquatic fowl. While not part of the original park plan it quickly became clear that the pond was in an ideal location at the base of Vista Rock, perfectly complimenting the view of Belvedere Castle. Turtle Island was added to the pond. This refuge provides another spot for migrating birds to visit as well as the regular denizens to build their nests. There are sandy spots for the turtles to lay their eggs and while the Island gives the inhabitants a certain amount of privacy there are great spots either along the shoreline, or from the Castle above, to view all the animals during the different seasons. Designated as a quiet zone (loud music and noisy activities are prohibited), this pastoral lawn is a great place to read, ruminate or simply enjoy the surrounding beauty.

Thursday Nov 9, Paulo and I took Mara to Central Park to look for the playground and visit Belvedere Castle (she thinks all the churches we went to were castles). This time, we wanted to show her what a real castle looks like. We took a long walk from 57th to 59th along Fifth Avenue, stopped by at the south park to take photos infront of the fountain and the monument dedicated to William Tecumseh Sherman. Inside Central Park we past the dairy house, and stumbled along 72nd street, the playground. A longer stroll along Fifth Avenue, we reached 79th street, where the road sign indicated the way to the castle via turtle pond. Back to Fifth Avenue towards the Metropolitan Museum at 85th Street. On the way back, we took the museum mile, passing by Ritz Carlton Hotel, and the two monuments of Venezuela and Buenos Aires at the south entrance to Central Park.

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• Central
• Park
• Belvedere
• Castle
• Turtle
• Pond
• Metropolitan
• Museum
• Fifth
• Avenue
• Mile

[TheCatalinalira]

Beautiful video! Thank you.

[DUNIARANDI]

Great fun !!!

check the video " Autumn serene" !!

[cristinaburwell]

are you filipino?