Playtime in Central Park :: Let’s bowl!

landmark, New York, New York City, parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

Show some respect–Bowls is older than your great-great-great-great-great grandparents, and then some!In Central Park, the New York Lawn Bowling Club gathers regularly to play a sport more than 5,000 years old.  Below, Club members put their skills to the...

Playtime in Central Park :: Friday Fun, Part II

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Rollerskating at the Naumburg BandshellLocated just a stone’s throw south of Bethesda Terrace is the mecca of roller and in-line skating: the Bandshell.  It seems fitting that the Park’s principal formal element–the rectilinear promenade that is...

Playtime in Central Park :: Wanna go for a ride?

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Rachel H., you’ve been bested.  Little Lila and Isabella, while your lakeside hideaway is enviable, the cuteness factor here is just undeniable.It’s refreshing to know that even as technology advances and child’s play looks more and more like a...

Playtime in Central Park :: Splish, splash at Levin Playground

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What’s a toddler to do when the temperature hits triple digits?  Cool off in one of Central Park’s playground fountains!  West Sider Robert I. captured this tot doing just that.”I took this in the summer of 2007 in the playground to the...

Playtime in Central Park :: Simple pleasures in the Sheep Meadow

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Blogger and Upper West Sider Robin C., for her response to our call for submissions, features one of the Park’s most popular destinations for recreation: the Sheep Meadow!  And to think, this used to be a common site!”These three photos capture the...

Playtime in Central Park :: Photos submissions begin to arrive!

New York, New York City, NYC, parks, playground, preservation, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS

First there was Rachel H., now Howard S. and his granddaughters are getting in on the Central Park photo fun!”This is a picture of my then-8-year-old grandchildren, Lila and Isabella, taking a break from rowing, enjoying the small beach tucked away in a corner...