After we struggled to find the central park conservancy's office in New York, Christopher Cousino gave us a detailed presentation about the Central Parks history and walked us around.
It is interesting that the Central Park that was created in the City in the 1860's was completely run down until the 1970's. It's modern urban development started in 1980 when the Conservancy was founded. Now its a public- private partnership.
Central Park itself is a huge area of 341 ha parkland. We tried to see most of it and walked for a long time :). Here are some impressions:
The Park is completely man made. What i really liked was how they used the natural bedrock in their design. When you walk trough the garden it has several ups and downs, combined with the tree cover it makes you feel lost (on purpose) and away from the city. But as you can see you are never really far away :).
The best part for me was the Conservatory Garden on the north end with a more formal garden design and wonderful tulip beds, a wisteria archway and fountains.
Janina Timter, Central Park, New York, 13/05/2015