The Park may contain any number of views within its borders, but only one number signals its prime location -- "212" equals Manhattan, the heart of New York City.
Each of the eight sections and accompanying essays by award-winning journalist Sandee Brawarsky approaches the park from a different, slightly unexpected viewpoint, exploring its borders, its hidden places, and its public amusements, among other pleasures. From Belvedere Castle to the Bow Bridge, the views recall a past era of picture postcards, grand tours, and the Seven Wonders of the World, yet they celebrate a completely contemporary wonder -- the first public park built in America and, over a century later, still New York's favorite place.
-- Mick Hales's incomparable photographs create a magnetic vision of Central Park -- neither a history nor a guidebook, but an experience
-- Includes a map of Central Park
-- Celebrates the Park as an enduring, living element of the city -- at a time when there is increased interest in and goodwill toward New York
-- Central Park offers something for almost everyone -- joggers, birders, gardeners, architects, photographers, more than 20 million visitors each year! -- and so does this book
