Central
Park is a huge park in the
middle of Manhattan. It has become the most famous park in
the world because of many appereances in movies and
television shows. The park is located north of Midtown and
south of Harlem, between the Upper East Side and the Upper
West Side.
It is the green oasis
within the city, a place for everyone to go. Lots of sports
can be done there: jogging, cycling, fishing, rowing,
skating, basketball and ice-skating in winter. People love the park, there are
concerts and openairs, people are speed-dating or having
picknicks, squirrels are hopping around, it's just nice to go
for a stroll there.
The park was built in
1853 because the New Yorkers needed a green place where they
could escape from the noise and chaotic life in the city. In
the 1960s and 1970s the park began to deteriorate: Littering,
Vandalism, Graffities. The park became very dangerous at
night and it looked like it was out of control, until 1980
when they founded the Central Park Conservancy, a private
non-profit organization, which still runs the park. Today
the park is very clean and safe, even when it's dark.
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