Monday, April 16, 2018

Central Park

Parks are a priority in my town, but my town isn't unique. Community parks are common in the America. New York City may have the most famous one.

It's Central Park, very big by ordinary standards, 843 acres, and in the middle of Manhattan.

photo: reference.com

Its designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, had a purpose to accomplish with this park. He  said that the beauty of the natural landscape expresses God's love, and he wanted “hundreds of thousands of tired workers” to be healed of their “vital exhaustion,” “nervous irritation.'

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