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The Great Lawn of Central Park

The Great Lawn is 13 acres of green grass located in the middle of central park from 79th to 86th St. This location earlier had a rectangular reservoir “Lower Reservoir”which became redundant and so the reservoir was filled to become “The Green Lawn”.

Great Lawn is a oval lawn with a carpet of lush Kentucky Bluegrass, baseball fields, basketball courts, and lots of room for sports and leisure activities. The Great Lawn also has free concerts every summer by the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, and has also hosted concerts, movie screenings, and a papal mass. This Lawn also has many trees such as Hawthorn, Crabapple, Kwanzan and Yoshino Cherry.

 

Bathesda Arcade

The photo shows Bathesda Arcade of Central Park just before sunrise

Millennium Park

Top View of the park in Chicago, with the cloud gate and the crown fountains.

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Griffith Park Fire in 2007

More than 817 acres of the park was burned in a devastating fire, destroying the bird sanctuary. The park was repaired and restored with some areas still closed for public.

Millennium Park Bike Station

Millennium Park has a Cycle Center which is a heated and air conditioned indoor bicycle parking facility built by the city of Chicago and now sponsored by McDonald's hence now named as McDonald's Cycle Center.

Balboa Park Botanical Building

Balboa Park Botanical Building The Botanical Building is one of the largest wood lath structures in the world. It has many tropical plants and exotic seasonal flowers in this lovely space. A Lily pond is situated to the south of this building.

What is a Park?

Park is a large protected area in its natural or semi-natural form created for the recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural resource. Most of the parks consist of many different types of flora and fauna.