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    Signs of Spring: The Cherry Blossoms are Blooming and the Rowboats are Back on the Lake

    March 29, 2021 | 7:11 PM
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    Spring is back in Central Park! How do we know? Two key symbols of the season just reappeared.


    Cherry blossoms! Photo by Jeff Segall.

    Cherry blossoms are blooming in the park. The first blossoms to bloom are the Okame Cherry Blossoms, and these can be found on the west side of the Reservoir in the West 80s.

    And rowboats are being rented and rowed again on The Lake next to the Central Park Boathouse in the West 70s. The Boathouse restaurant has reopened after being closed for months.


    Photo by Stefani.

    Here’s the Boathouse snack bar in action.


    Photo by Dan Shulman.

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    7 Comments
    ben
    ben
    5 years ago

    Can’t wait to enjoy the outside! Last year this time it was basically a ghost town.

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    susan
    susan
    5 years ago

    Your first two entries are the most cheering things I’ve read all day.

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    arlene
    arlene
    5 years ago

    How can I submit photos to you that might be appropriate to your stories? I live on the UWS and visit Riverside Park and Central Park frequently!

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    Laurem
    Laurem
    5 years ago

    Hello Ben, This time last year, Central Park was teeming with people enjoying a most beautiful spring. Where were you?

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    Leslie Rupert
    Leslie Rupert
    5 years ago

    What a welcone sight!!!

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    MAL
    MAL
    5 years ago

    I think that’s a flowering plum tree. Cherries not quite ready.

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    Kim
    Kim
    5 years ago

    Cherry blossoms! We are the Washington on the Hudson!

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