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Belvedere Castle, Medieval Edifice at Center of New York City
Belvedere Castle, Medieval Edifice At The City’s Center
New York Governor Demands Better Treatment for Central Park Carriage Horses
New York Governor Demands Better Treatment for Central Park Carriage Horses
Central Park's Most Romantic Places – Conservatory Garden
A tranquil oasis at the north end of the park, the Conservatory Garden offers dozens of fragrantly secluded corners and lush, leafy bowers to host an intimate tryst.
The Shakespeare Garden – One Of Central Park's Hidden Gems
“Away before me to sweet beds of flowers.
Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.”
– Count Orsino in Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene I
A fitting quote to introduce number six on my top ten list of most romantic places, one of Central Park’s hidden gems: the Shakespeare Garden.
Central Park's Most Romantic Places – Conservatory Water
With sailboats gliding by in miniature regattas, Hans Christian Andersen reading to his friend the duckling and Alice holding court with the Cheshire Cat, Conservatory Water offers scenic accents both romantic and literary.
Central Park's Most Romantic Places – Cherry Hill
Perched above the Lake, overlooking Bow Bridge and the Ramble, Cherry Hill is at the virtual center of the park
Central Park's Most Romantic Places – Wollman Rink
It is cold. It is winter. It is New York. And if it is a clear night, it is hard to imagine a more romantic spot than Wollman Rink.
Central Park's Most Romantic Places
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching I thought I’d make a list counting down the ten most romantic places in Central Park.
Belvedere Castle – Function, Form and Romance
Sitting high atop Vista Rock (the second highest natural elevation in the park) Belvedere Castle provides a panoramic view in almost every direction. It is also perhaps the most magical monument in Central Park, one that combines function, form and romance – all in one convenient, central location.
Designed originally in 186
Central Park Covered In Snow Recalls Sleigh Rides To McGown’s Pass Tavern
Streetlights twinkling through the snow, not a car to be seen, or heard, just the soft white mantle covering the road and trees, muting what little sound there was. Easy to imagine the park a century or so ago, when the first snow of the season was the occasion for a race to the Tavern that once stood at the top of McGown’s Pass.
