CENTRAL PARK

If you ever wanted a more perfect day than yesterday for a walk in the park, and in this case Central Park, you would not find it! The temperature was between 73 and 76 degrees, the sky was cerulean blue, cloudless and the day itself was sunny and dry. Perfect day, the best so far this year.

If it wasn’t enough, the restaurant that we ate dinner at afterwards, Carmine’s of New York on 90th street and Broadway was truly magnificent, A timeless Italian menu of food that was so good, so original in taste, yet it was the old standards that seem to satisfy anyone who eats it.

The historical significance to New York City that Central Park brings is great. From 1857 to this very day, Central Park leaves of legacy of greatness from the robber barons to Mayor Bloomberg, from the great Caruso to the Millionaires row of the East Side to Museum Row on 5th Avenue. The handsome cabs, the bicyclists that populate the tree lined pathways, free of autos on a Sunday Morning, the casual strollers, hand in hand, miniature sailboat racing all make Central Park, central to the great city.

A history that takes a back seat only to its beauty, Central Park will dominate anything that stands next to it, whether it is a tall skyscraper or a busy shopping or business area, or the many, many multi-million dollar mansions and apartment buildings. Yet, history is Central Park! Yes, it tells the story of the growth of the great metropolis, Gotham at its peak, and the many politicians and dreamers of the past.

TLW (The Little Woman) her friend Lois and myself each had our day in the sun. The beauty of the Park, the enjoyable strolls throughout the winding paths, the city watching from the distant rooftops of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Plaza Hotel and the cathedrals that surround the green patch of beauty and art, are of traditions and days long gone by.

It really was a walk in the park!

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