Tag: central park

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.

Following up on Alaska's example, legislators in Wyoming have called on the federal government to declare Central Park a wilderness area and forbid further improvements to the park. It's a cute way of telling the Feds to keep out of Wyoming's business so they can fill the state with oil ...

February 14, 2012 Weather: Cloudy, High of 45 Degrees.

Plants are understandably confused by the recent unseasonably warm weather. On February 1, the temperature in Central Park hit 60 degrees! The Japanese quince, an early Spring flower, is already blooming. Christmas roses have spread their white petals and the Bearsfoot Hellebore has been strutting its stuff for weeks. "I'd ...

To ride around Central Park for about an hour in a pedicab, it tends to cost $50 to $100. But don't forget the tip! Local photographer Paul LaRosa posted this photo today with the answer of how much to tip your driver:

January 31, 2012 Weather: Partly cloudy, High of 55 Degrees. News: Not only does the city want the new Tavern on the Green to serve sweaty customers, it also wants the restaurant to look like it did in the 40's. (Gothamist) The Central Park Conservancy reveals the answer to Holden ...

By Karen Farber Early on Friday I was coming home from walking my dog and as I passed by 151 West 74th Street I did a double-take.  What I had originally thought was a small dog sitting outside the building waiting for its owner turned out to be a fully ...

A fellow nature lover recently told me of seeing a black squirrel repeatedly in the northern end of Central Park. So I ventured out to find it.

The Central Park Conservancy has been moving trash cans in the park, trying to get them out of landscaped areas where people congregate and push the cans to the periphery. The decision is meant to make the park more attractive, make trash-pickup more

January 26, 2012 Weather: Rain/Snow, High of 43 Degrees.