Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages. Photo: Sofia Cipriano Debate Rages Over Central Park Horses Last month, Queens Council Member Robert Holden introduced a bill that would replace the 68 horse carriages in Central Park... Home 12 Aug 2022 | 04:03
Ellen Jovin awaits questions at the Grammar Table in Central Park near West 72nd Street. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Putting The Grammar Table On the Page In Verdi Square, on the Upper West Side, Ellen Jovin once met a “footnote fetishist,” a “fashionably dressed young woman”... News 08 Jul 2022 | 11:33
A group of kids play a ball game in the grass. Photo: NYC Parks / Daniel Avila The Return of Adventures NYC in Central Park Two girls slide through the trees of Central Park, the buildings of midtown behind them, and the green lawns of the Sheep... News 22 Jun 2022 | 03:16
Central Park in late February. Photo: Meryl Phair Climate Change Research Begins in Central Park Central Park is a green oasis in a concrete city. Its crisscrossing pathways offer a refuge from the hubbub of traffic for... News 03 Mar 2022 | 09:13
Viral TikTok brings New Yorkers together in Manhattan. Photo courtesy of @wspmoms We Met on TikTok As New Yorkers look for ways to readjust to seeing friends and family, many have had to find creative ways to engage with... News 30 Aug 2021 | 09:48
Wollman Rink in Central Park. Photo: Shinya Suzuki, via Flickr A Fight for Wollman Rink As the city canceled all contracts with the Trump Organization in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, a local nonprofit... News 18 Apr 2021 | 09:28
The Snowy Owl strikes a pose in the North Meadow of Central Park on January 27, 2021. Photo courtesy of Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark The Owl Whooo Came In From the Cold “Unless you visit the high arctic,” The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website states, “you’ll mainly be looking for Snowy... News 28 Jan 2021 | 07:23
A wintertime photo of the Harlem Meer in Central Park, looking south and east, with the twin ovals that comprise the existing Lasker skating rink. ( Photo: Courtesy Central Park Conservancy) Petition Pushback on Lasker Pool and Rink Plan The Central Park Conservancy has a plan to replace the pool and ice rinks at the northeast corner of Central Park, but thousands... News 17 Feb 2020 | 01:04
Human regulars gather with their pets. ( Photo: Janet Davis) The Breakfast Club, with Dogs At nearly 7 a.m. daily, hundreds of West Siders head out of their apartments with their dogs for the first walk of the day... News 08 Jan 2020 | 10:13
A one-third size model of the statue, which will be cast in bronze. ( Photo: Michael Bergmann) 'Breaking the Bronze Ceiling' There are 23 monuments in Central Park, including a Polish king, a Prussian naturalist and a sled dog. Not one depicts real... Newsletter 28 Oct 2019 | 02:39
Cynthia Germanotta, co-founder with her daughter, Lady Gaga, of the Born This Way Foundation, will speak as WHO's ambassador for mental health. ( Photo courtesy of WHO) 'Walking the Talk' in Central Park Thousands of diplomats, politicians and New Yorkers are expected to “walk the talk” this Sunday in Central Park in a show... News 16 Sep 2019 | 11:43
The Pool at West 101st Street as photographed by Straus News on Aug. 9 -- and entirely coated by an algae bloom. Photo: Douglas Feiden The Green Gunk That Ate Central Park BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN In all its magnificent shadings, the color green shimmers across the vast lawns and meadows and grassy banks... News 19 Aug 2019 | 03:58