Central Park, the First Park of the USA
In 1853, a decision made by the state legislature, changed the history of one city in the United States, which changed the history of the entire country. Central Park is well known and beloved to New Yorkers, who spend days walking, running, pushing baby strollers and keeping up on the legacy of Pale Male. But the allure and the romanticism of this park reaches far across the boundaries of the state lines, for Central Park has become that same romantic idea, for those Americans who have never even been to Manhattan. The movies and the songs and the poems, paintings and books wherein the park is the main character, has given this historical park meaning throughout the states.
Historically, the first constructed and designed public park in the country, is Central Park. Those in favor of creating the park almost 200 years ago, before the hotels New York USA were built, before most of the city was as it is now, the primary land holders and most successful business desired what London had, parks and grounds that provided a bit of nature in the middle of the chaos, a place for those of the city to go that was not a bar nor pub, wherein if one had no money, one could still find peace. And now the park hosts many festivals throughout the year, and concerts, which have gained acclaim and the audience of the entire world. There are boats, paddle-boats shaped as swans and canoes. There are flower gardens, fountains, benches and bridges which serve the people able to walk through the park, but those that live 2,000 miles away. It is the beautiful idea that is also a reality. In the middle of Manhattan today, remains the fruits and the wishes of those so long ago, over 700 acres of open land, protected and forever to remain.
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