Horse Carriage Flips Over Near Central Park

In yet another example of why this cruel and archaic industry needs to be shut down a horse-drawn carriage lost control and flipped onto its side in the middle of Columbus Circle traffic Thursday morning. The carriage was riding northbound on Eighth Avenue near West...

Global Citizen Festival 2013

The Global Citizen Festival is an initiative of the Global Poverty Project, an international education and advocacy organization working to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty. An Australian grown project, The Global Poverty Project creates campaigns with the...

SummerStage Gala 2013

The Parks Foundation’s SummerStage season kicked off with a bang Tuesday night with a brilliantly produced, star studded show that features the music of Frank Sinatra.  The lineup featured John Pizzarelli • Andrew Bird • Marc Cohn • Mary Chapin Carpenter • Judy...

Snowstorm Nemo in Central Park

Central Park visitors took advantage of the fluffy white blanket left by Nemo on Saturday. Cedar Hill was transformed into an alpine luge run with children, and adults, shushing down the icy slopes in a wide variety of sleds, toboggans and...

Central Park Is Open, But The New York Marathon Is Cancelled

The Conservancy staff is continuing its work following Hurricane Sandy. They currently estimate that approximately 300 trees were destroyed and over 250 damaged by the storm. There has also been damage to the Park’s benches, fencing and ball field equipment....