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Central Park (New York)

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    The Horse-Drawn Carriage Debate Continues; Local Groups and Celebrities Call for a Ban

    Michelle D. Anderson​The effort to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City rages on. Another report of a carriage horse collapse in a two-week span has left animal-rights advocates -- including celebrities such as Glee's Lea Michele and Pamela Anderson -- with a renewed passion to end the u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Here's Something Else To Do Before The Summer Ends: Attend A Free Concert Put On By A Morning Chat Show

    Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina at Central Park this morning.​Yesterday my wonderful colleague Jen Doll penned a list of 11 things to do in NYC before the summer ends, and I'd like to add one item to her list: Catch one of the outdoor concerts put on by the national morning shows. This morning I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Traces of a 19th-Century Village Have Been Excavated in Central Park

    ​Think about this when you're relaxing in Central Park over the weekend: An entire community once lived there, with homes and several churches and at least one school, right in the park (before it was the park). We're talking about Seneca Village, a largely African-American community of some 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Central Park Hits Record 102 Degrees

    ​We just hit a record 102 degrees in Central Park, which is wayyyy better than the measly 101 degrees we achieved on July 22 of 1957, you guys. Everyone, pat yourself on the sweaty back! It's thanks to all of us that this could even be possible. Also! With humidity, the heat is 116 degrees, re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Firdaus Nazarov, Pedicab Driver, Sought by NYPD for Attack in Central Park

    via​Things making Central Park slightly less pleasant: Cops are looking for 23-year-old Firdaus Nazarov, a pedicab driver who, along with three others, allegedly attacked two fellow pedicab drivers in the park near Central Park South at 10 p.m. on June 4 to "settle a preexisting beef." One of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Live: The Black Eyed Peas Get Washed Away

    via @Z100NewYorkBackstage, will.i.am looked sad. But dry. ​ The Black Eyed Peas & Friends The Great Lawn, Central Park Thursday, June 9 Better than: Sitting in Central Park and waiting for nothing to happen before the heat broke. The confusion started at around 5:15 p.m. last night, when NY ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Central Park Stats: Tourists Have Yet to Take Over

    ​New data from the Central Park Conservancy provides way more statistics about Manhattan's greenest section than you might've ever thought imaginable, including the fact that it's still dominated by locals: almost 70 percent of Central Park's visitors are from around here. The Report on the Pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    East Side/West Side Dividing Line Wars Rage in Upper Manhattan

    via NYT/Marilynn K. Yee​Where does the East Side of Manhattan end, and the West side begin? This is a question we thought we always knew the answer to (you know, where street numbers start all over again, or maybe, more vaguely, where Central Park cleaves Upper Manhattan in two?). And yet, per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Pesky Cyclists Still Pissing Off New York Post

    ​There's a short article in today's New York Post full of ill will for the annoying bicycle riders that hog New York City streets and parks. Or that's how the paper paints the nuisances, who "not wanting to spoil their 'fun,' recklessly blow through red lights in Central Park." The tabloid, of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Getting Where You Want to Go Costs More Now!

    ​Yes, your Metrocard is now more expensive. That's not the only thing. The New York Times has summarized the numerous annoying increased costs of travel in the city, noting that not only is the subway going to cost you more, but so will parking (as of today), bridge and tunnel tolls, license p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Hey Good Luck Trying To Sell Your Pavement Tickets Everybody

    Watch this guy goof around in Central Park, for cheap. Real cheap. ​The year was 2009. You heard that Pavement were reuniting. You either love them or have been told by people older than you that you should love them. They announced a show in Central Park, for a year later. Like, a whole year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    New York's Wild Kingdom Is Going Batshit: Child-Eating Coyotes, Rabid Racoons, Sexin' Birds

    via the Daily News​Animals have gone wild! New York's furry and feathered are suddenly acting like the worst of humans. Good thing they can't speak or give the finger because they'd be shit-talking like Mel Gibson and flipping off women and children like uncouth New Jersey drivers on Fourth of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Shakespeare in the Park, Scarface Edition: How to Navigate the Yearly, Insane Free Ticket Tradition Starting Next Week

    ​Every summer, one of the hottest dates in town emerges out of Central Park. And it's back. With Al Pacino.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Make Marc Murphy's Curry Chicken Sandwich, Available in 'Landmarc in the Park' Picnic Baskets

    Ants, be damned.​As the weather turns balmy, Landmarc has started offering ready-to-go meals that come packed with a picnic blanket and frisbee for the perfect Central Park picnic. Landmarc in the Park lunches vary from simple sandwich meals for $15 to a lounge-in-the-grass box for $20-$25. Pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    The Next Central Park Coyote May be a Moose: Young Bull Heading South Via I-95

    As New Yorkers, we're used to dealing with our own brand of wildlife. We've got an extended family of pigeons holed up in our air shaft, rats in our garbage cans, and a feral human population like whoa. But in recent months encounters with less-than-urban creatures have been all up in our news sourc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    New York Parks Have Gotten Too Fucking Nice

    via Cresny​A few years ago, I started noticing that Central Park was getting too, you know, nice, with its perfectly groomed flora and flawless looking landscaping.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Bunnies Flee Central Park in Search of Greener Pastures (or They're Just Dead)

    ​Not an April Fool's joke: The bunnies are officially gone from Central Park. The native rabbit population, the Eastern cottontail, had died out. Or maybe they just got tired of sleeping with so many jerks and moved to the Midwest to meet a decent buck, settle down, and start a family.

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2010

    THE AMAZING RACE

    A 5K in Central Park for a good cause

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Crazed Raccoon Alert! Rabid Animals Target Central Park

    Central Park joggers and dog-walkers: Watch out for rabid raccoons. Infected animals are popping up in and around the park in shockingly high numbers, especially north of 96th Street and along Central Park West. Less than two months into 2010, there have already been more identified cases of animal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2009

    Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

    ​East Meets West Holiday Parade Little Italy and Chinatown Merchants Associations are sponsoring a parade from Mulberry to Mott Street, featuring marching bands, martial artists and acrobats, Italian American singers and Lion and Dragon Dance troupes.

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2009

    FEEL THE LOVE . . .

    . . . at a polyamorous cuddle party and picnic

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Live: M. Ward Ends His Tour at Central Park Summerstage

    Winnie KwokM. Ward​ M. Ward should have been the commencement speaker at my college graduation instead of the blindingly sequined, paperback-writing, thriller novelist swami who dispensed the sole pearlescent aphorism of "Give 'em hell!" before talking mostly about shoes, and not even as a me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    New York's Rotten Tree Menace Claims Another Victim in Central Park

    ​Didn't we warn you about the trees? In 2007 we saw them crush cars in Brooklyn. Last summer, after a series of arboreal assaults, a tree on NYC Transit property severely conked a woman in Queens -- and the hits just kept a-comin'. In September a tree smashed a windshield, injuring a driver. I ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 22, 2009

    GOING THE DISTANCE

    Who are all those dripping wet runners?

  • NYC Life

    May 8, 2007

    Let's Take This Outside

    Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Two Gentlemen of Verona

    Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    1980

    Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

  • NYC Life

    September 6, 2005

    Close-Up on Columbus Circle

    Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Theater

    Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Peace March Veers Way Left

    Black-led protest challenges capitalism, imperialism, and New York's very rich mayor

  • NYC Life

    August 17, 2004

    Stand Up and Be Counted: Marching to Defend Democracy

    Black-led protest challenges capitalism, imperialism, and New York's very rich mayor

  • News

    August 3, 2004

    They'll Take Manhattan

    Activists again eye Central Park, central streets

  • News

    May 4, 2004

    Keep Off the Grass

    Kicked out of the garden? Unconventional approaches to protesting the GOP convention

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 2004

    Theater

    Kicked out of the garden? Unconventional approaches to protesting the GOP convention

  • Art

    September 9, 2003

    Light Show

    Kicked out of the garden? Unconventional approaches to protesting the GOP convention

  • Music

    August 19, 2003

    And We All Shine On

    Kicked out of the garden? Unconventional approaches to protesting the GOP convention

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Urban Oases

    Kicked out of the garden? Unconventional approaches to protesting the GOP convention

  • News

    February 11, 2003

    New York Dodgers

    Report and Hearing Mean More Status Quo

  • News

    December 10, 2002

    Speculation Gone Wilding

    Jogger Theories Defy the Realities of Reinvestigation

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    Ash-Blond Ambition

    Prosecutor Linda Fairstein May Have Tried Too Hard

  • Specials

    October 22, 2002

    Letters

    Prosecutor Linda Fairstein May Have Tried Too Hard

  • NYC Life

    May 28, 2002

    Theater

    Prosecutor Linda Fairstein May Have Tried Too Hard

  • News

    June 27, 2000

    Homeboys and Girls

    Sex Crimes of the Hip Hop Generation

  • News

    June 20, 2000

    Twice Soaked

    For Women of Central Park, Official Outcry Obscures Unmentionables

  • Music

    August 3, 1999

    New Turf

    For Women of Central Park, Official Outcry Obscures Unmentionables

  • News

    July 27, 1999

    Eyes Wide Shut

    Rating Death's Value in the Age of Celebrity Hype

  • News

    March 16, 1999

    Car Park

    Is Heavy Traffic Carving Up Central Park?

  • News

    July 14, 1998

    Rats!

    That Corporate Rodent Descends Upon Central Park Again

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