Tag: central park

June 26, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 73 Degrees.

The historic Tavern on the Green in Central Park off of 67th Street has been a visitor's center and food truck parking lot for more than a year, but the center closes today. What's next?

We've been getting multiple reports of raccoons in and around the playgrounds in Central Park, with some of the raccoons hopping up on tables and snacking on food. Clearly, no one wants to let their kids run around when aggressive raccoons are in the area -- and when it's not ...

June 14, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees.

The 50th Season of Shakespeare in the Park starts tonight with As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous comedy set in a forest in France. As the Public puts it: "In As You Like It, Rosalind, Shakespeare's most breathtaking heroine, and her boyfriend Orlando find themselves in the enchanted Forest of Arden, ...

June 5, 2012 Weather: Afternoon Showers, High of 66 Degrees.

May 29, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 88 Degrees.

It's not quite summer movie season yet, but the Central Park Conservancy just gave us a sneak peek at the lineup of films for its annual outdoor movie fest: The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival will take place from August 21-25, with films being shown in the landscape north of ...

May 7, 2012 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 62 Degrees.

April 30, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 61 Degrees.

Upper West Side filmmaker Yael Shulman made a video of the half-marathon from last month in Central Park that just might get you out of bed this morning. Or maybe it will make you want to stay in bed and watch a movie. Among the Olympians featured are Deriba Merga, ...

Lincoln Center and Central Park have released their schedules for free concerts this summer, and there are more than 100 to look forward to! From July 25 until August 12, Lincoln Center will present its Out of Doors festival, with concerts throughout the Lincoln Center campus. "100 free performances will ...

A fire erupted suddenly on Friday afternoon at The Mount, a spot on 106th Street near Fifth Avenue where the Central Park Conservancy composts organic material and collects trees and branches that were knocked down in storms. Flames shot as high as 20 feet and some paths had to be ...

April 16, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 87 Degrees.

Central Park's performers are back in action, and I snapped some shots of a particularly fun performance today on The Mall just South of Bethesda Fountain. After a dance performance, one of the acrobats lined a bunch of kids up in a row, and pledged to jump over all of ...

April 6, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 57 Degrees.

April 4, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 67 Degrees.

Central Park will welcome Spring on Monday morning at 8 a.m. as comedian Aziz Ansari (Parks & Rec) hops on a lawnmower and mows Sheep Meadow. He will be the first "Ambassador of Spring" ever to help the Central Park Conservancy usher in the season. It's a media event and ...

The city is planning to add two new bike lanes to the 72nd Street transverse in Central Park, reducing car traffic on the road from two lanes to one. The lanes, one traveling East and one traveling West, will stretch from Central Park West to 5th Avenue, according to Streetsblog ...

February 28, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.