Tag Archives: Central Park

My Beautiful (Tethered) Balloon

As part of Central Park’s 150th anniversary celebration, beginning today you can ride a tethered balloon to a height of 300 feet over over the trees. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Olmsted and Vaux’s Greensward plan — the original design for the world’s most famous park — the Central Park Conservancy and New York City Department of Parks & …

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You Give Peace A Bad Name

Remember during the 2004 Republican National Convention when anti-Iraq War activists were denied permission to use Central Park’s Great Lawn because it would damage the grass? Well, apparently peace activists are considered more likely to rip up sod than rock fans. Bon Jovi has just been given the OK for a July 12th free concert for 60,000 on the Great …

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Morning View – Central Park Mall

Lined by elm trees, the Mall is the “grand promenade” of Central Park and runs from 66th to 72nd Street. The Mall is also known as Literary Walk for the many busts famous writers placed along its sides.

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GB:NYC 5: Bloggers, Bears, And A Mutant

On Friday night, the Farmboyz, Tater, and I started our weekend way uptown in the triple-digits at the book launch party for Joel Derfner’s Swish, where I grabbed this shot of Joel and his editor, Andrew Corbin. Next stop was the opening party for GB:NYC-5 at the HK Lounge in Hell’s Kitchen, where it got so crowded that our nametags …

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25 Bloggers In Central Park

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Morning View – Central Park Lake

The 22-acre Central Park Lake is the second-largest body of water in the park after the Reservoir. Before the construction of the Wollman Rink in 1951, the lake was where you ice-skated in Central Park.

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Snowy Mental Health Break

Dr. Jeff sends us some great shots of the snow in Central Park. I’d love to go sledding, but at my enfeebled age, I’d probably break a hip. These photos embiggen beautifully.

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Morning View – Strawberry Fields

Directly across from where he was murdered on the Upper West Side, a 2.5 acre section of Central Park is dedicated to John Lennon. The centerpiece of Strawberry Fields is the Imagine tile mosaic, which is always littered with fresh flowers. The creation of the tribute area was underwritten by Yoko Ono.

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Quackity

Central Park, Sunday, 2pmCrazy homeless guy: “Stupid-ass ducks! Ain’t got no motherfucking sense, swimming around in that cold-ass water. Quack! Quack! Quackity fucking quack! You ain’t cool. You can’t even sit in no tree. Dumb-ass ducks!”.

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Morning View – Cedar Hill

The Central Park Conservancy has been rehabbing Cedar Hill over the last two decades, transforming one of the most blighted areas of the park into the lush picnicking and sunbathing area you see here. Before pictures are here.

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Morning View – Central Park Tunnel

There are lots of these neat little pedestrian tunnels scattered around Central Park. This one is just off the Boathouse.

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Blogger Pile Up

Last weekend I hosted DC blogger/rugby stud/sci-fi geek Jimbo and of course we had to bring him to Central Park for our regular roller-disco picnic. Tons of mobloggeratti attended, including this winsome four with Jimbo. L-R: Farmboy C, Jimbo, Glenn, Chris, Father Tony.

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On Bear Hill

Father Tony took this shot at yesterday’s picnic on Bear Hill in Central Park. I’ll post some pics of my own after the weekend is over. In the meantime, Father Tony has lots more over at his place. This photo is now embiggen-friendly.

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Saturday Love

For always and forever, you will be my Saturday love. Ah, that’s better. Another lazy Saturday afternoon in the park with my boys, attended by George, Aaron, the Farmboyz, Little Tom, Little David, Foxy, Rod, Mike, Chris C., Dr. Jeff, DC guys Todd and Joe, several friends of friends and a trio of doggies. The park is fantastically lush already, …

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Morning View – Bethesda Fountain

Designed by Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public art commission in NYC, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain was built in 1873. The name is a reference to the biblical Pool Of Bethesda, as it commemorates the Croton Agueduct, which provided New York with its first dependable source of pure water. The fountain played a major role in Tony …

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Central Park Sunday

The last photo is from today’s Israeli Day Parade. The Farmboyz and I watched from Fifth Avenue for an hour or so, but after two or three dozen yeshivas had gone by, the thrill was gone. There were some floats, including one bearing the only Israeli WNBA player, but otherwise it was a rather sedate event, as NYC parades go. …

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Saturday. In The Park.

Yesterday’s glorious sunshine allowed us to renew our favorite warm weather tradition, lazy Saturday afternoons spent sprawled above Central Park’s roller disco. The DJ starts up around 2PM, beaming old school disco and R&B classics to a wireless speaker system, while a crazy group of show-offs and eccentrics perform tricks and roller-boogie around. We spotted most of our favorites yesterday: …

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Sprung

There seems to be an strange and bright glowing light in the sky. Odd. Tomorrow feels like a good day for Central Park.

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Morning View – Central Park East

OK, so there’s no such place as “Central Park East”, I don’t think, but it seems like an appropriate name for this view across Conservatory Water, where adult screwballs entertain kids with their tiny remote-controlled motorized yachts. I fondly recall the time some guy (who was all hopped up on goofballs or some shit) leaped into the water and started …

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A Sign Of Spring

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