20 CURIOSITIES OF CENTRAL PARK

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New York is one of the favorite destinations for any traveler, and within New York Central Park would undoubtedly be one of the main attractions. We have seen it hundreds and hundreds of times on the small and large screen, so when you step on it for the first time you feel a unique emotion, something like being in a new place, but in a certain way nearby. However, there are many things that are not known about Central Park that make it an even more special place. Here are some rare facts that circulate around this park, with this list of20 curiosities of Central Park.

1. Did you know that Central Park it is an artificial park? When Manhattan began to populate more and more, it was decided to build a park that would perform the functions of the green lung of the Big Apple. In 1858 Frederick Law Olmsted and Calveet Vaux won the public contest and “designed” the “Central Park” project.

2. Although they did not do everything well, it is said that they themselves they designed Prospect Park correcting all mistakes that they committed in their previous project. Errors or not, it seems that it has not gone wrong, huh? It is undoubtedly one of the most famous in the world.

3. Every year more than 40 million people They visit Central Park. The reason? Easy, it's one of the best things to see in New York for free.

4. Another bestial number: there is neither more nor less than more than 25,000 trees In the whole park.

5. Be careful because getting lost is easy, if it happens to you and you don't have a battery in your mobile look at the streetlights: They have small chapters with an engraved number that tell you the specific point where you are. It is usually a 4 or 5 digit number: the first 2 or 3 indicate the height of the street you are on, the last two if you are closer to the east side (if it is even) or the west (if it is odd) . For example, if you see the number 7127, it means that you are at the height of 71st Street closer to the west side.

6. Central Park is one of the most beloved areas by Hollywood directors: here it is they recorded scenes from numerous movies and series as of Sex in New York, Home Alone, Elf, Gossip Girl, Ghostbusters ... the list is endless.

7. In winter the Wollman Rink, a huge ice rink where you can skate with other tourists and New Yorkers. Access costs $ 12 (Monday to Thursday) and $ 19 (Friday to Sunday) and the rental of skates is priced at $ 9.

8. Instead, during the summer months you can enjoy a great public pool and free. It's about the Lasker Pool, which also becomes an ice rink in winter (Lasker Rink). So you know, don't forget your swimsuit at home!

9. Central Park, with its 341 hectares, is larger than the Principality of Monaco or that the Vatican City.

10. If you want to stay in the park forever (and legally), you can put a personalized plate on one of your banks. There are more than 9,000 and doing so will cost you about $ 10,000. ¡Auch! But everything is to keep the park clean and healthy, as it is a way to finance its maintenance. In case you are interested you can adopt a bank here.

11. Buy yourself a spire or go directly to the park to live. According to the NY census, there are 25 people who consider the Central Park as your home. Although according to the authorities, nobody really lives permanently there, so you can walk quietly without thinking that you are walking on a neighbor's garden.

12. There is a Specific APP about Central Park, thanks to which you can discover everything that this immense corner of New York hides. You can download it for free here.

13. They say that the ground from Central Park cost 7.4 million dollars. It was more expensive than the very state of Alaska, which "alone" cost 7.2 million (formerly belonged to Russia).

14. Did you know that you can fish in its lakes? Of course, you will have to return the fish to the water, because it is forbidden to take the catch home. Poor things, better leave them alone.

15. In the whole park there are more than 30 bridges, many others sculptures, 7 monumental fountains and countless squirrels. Of the sculptures, the most famous are Alice in Wonderland and Balto.

16. The huge grass meadow of Sheep Meadow It has that name for a very simple reason: in the past the sheep grazed here!

17. In Central Park they continually occur events and activities, you can watch the programs here.

18. One very curious thing is that walking through Central Park you can run into a egyptian obelisk. It's called "Cleopatra's Needle."

19. In 2002 in Central Park a new species of animal was discovered. Its aboutNannarrup hoffmani, called the dwarf centipede of Hoffmani, and it is the smallest species of centipede in the world, with 10 mm long and 82 legs.

20. One of the most beloved attractions of Central Park is the mosaic where you can read the word "Imagine". It is in front of the Dakota Building, where John Lennon lost his life, in memory of the Beatle who used to walk through this area of the park.