Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey takes me into Central Park, exploring its vast expanse of tranquility in the middle of one of the busiest cities in the world before heading into the famous museum of natural history then heading past Billionaire's Row to as far as Times Square.
Today's Journey
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Entering the south end of Central Park. Very skinny apartment blocks under construction tower hundreds of metres into the low clouds overhead. |
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Exploring one of the many paths of Central Park with its old bridges and rocky landforms. This area was under about a mile of ice during the last ice age. The glacier came down the nearby Hudson River, and flowed over this area, but the very hard rock making up Manhattan Island resisted the glacier making a perfect foundation for the towering skyline of New York City. |
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The General William Techumseh Sherman Monument at the south corner of Central Park. He was one of the generals of the American civil war. |
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View across The Lake from the bottom of Cherry Hill to the buildings lining Central Park West. |
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Crossing Bow Bridge over a narrow point of The Lake. |
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Following a rustic track through the forest of dense bush bright green but soon to turn orange with Autumn very soon. |
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Passing the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the outside of Central Park. |
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View across the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservior which stretches almost entirely across the northern end of Central Park. |
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View from the back of the lake along the length of Central Park to the towering buildings of Central Manhattan, many of which are under construction. |
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After exploring much of Central Park, I head into the American Museum of Natural History for several hours. |
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