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The man-made park is a natural

oasis surrounded by the hectic

place of New York City.

The 843-acre park includes informal

landscape (trees, shrubs, turf areas),

bodies of water, and a mix of formal

landscapes, hardscapes/paved

areas, gardens, larger turf areas,

athletic fields, and buildings.

New York City Parks Department

Mission and Purpose

Size and Facilities

Land ownership

Use The priority event focus is for those types

related to freedom of expression and events

with an established history within the park.

Visitor: (35% in the summer, 25% in spring and

fall, and 15% in winter).

Major High-Use Events:

1. Musical Events in the Park: Summer

performances of the New York

Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera

on the Great Lawn.

2. Annual New York City Marathon: 35,000

runners finish in the park throughout the

day.

3. The Gates by Christo & Jeanne-Claude

(February 2005 art installation): 4 million

visitors in 16 days.

• On July 21, 1853, the New York State Legislature enacted intolaw the setting aside of more than 750 acres of land central toManhattan Island to create America's first major landscapedpublic park; they would soon refer to it as "the Central Park."

• Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the winners of the1858 design competition for Central Park, along with othersocially conscious reformers understood that the creation of agreat public park would improve public health and contributegreatly to the formation of a civil society.

• Central Park is located in New York City, in the heart of Manhattan. It is a national historical landmark that draws in approximately 40 million visitors from all over the world every year.

• The Central Park Conservancy is the officialmanagement organization in charge ofCentral Park. It was formed by a group ofconcerned New Yorkers in the 1970s inresponse to a decline in the quality ofmaintenance and services for the park.

• The Central Park Conservancy represents ajoint public and private partnership, unifyingvarious groups and service providers under oneumbrella organization

• The Conservancy’s mission is two-fold. Primarily,it focuses on maintaining Central Park as alandmark in urban recreational life, as it wasoriginally intended to be. Additionally, theConservancy provides advice and training topark conservancies around the world.

• The mission of Central Park Conservancy is to restore, manage, and enhance Central Park in partnership with the public.

• Central Park Conservancy aspires to build a great organization that sets the standard for

and spreads the principles of world-class park management — emphasizing environmental excellence — to improve the quality of open space for the enjoyment of all.

• Central Park Conservancy is committed to sustaining this operating model to provide a legacy for future generations of park users.

Central Park Conservancy Agency

Mission of Central Park Conservancy

Educate visitors on landscape

management

The red flag system used Central Park

alerts visitors to area closures for

maintenance.

Use a staffing model that works for the

organization

The red flag system also alerts the public to

horticultural care being performed or to

adverse lawn conditions requiring the

landscape to be closed

1. Explore a range of staffing models

The majority of maintenance activities are

covered by in-house staff and volunteers,

tree care, sanitation, and solid waste

removal are contracted out

2. Engage volunteers in maintenance

activities

300 volunteers (group of horticulture)

3000 volunteers (corporate and school

groups for cleanup type events)

Develop a sense of pride in work through

staffing by zone and specialtyUse sustainable maintenance practices

Central Park is divided into 47 zones, defined by geographical boundaries and distinctive

characteristics.

The staff is divided as follows:

35 supervisors

2 horticulturists

15 landscape architects and designers

50 gardeners

1 biological science technician

3 tree workers/arborists

1 turf specialist

50 laborers

1 integrated pest manager

20 grounds cleanup/recycling technicians

3 trade specialists

1. Move toward an organic landscape

management

2. Limit commercial fertilizers, pesticides,

and herbicides

A key component of their organic management is the focus on organic soil management by using the compost tea.

compost tea using clippings and vegetable matter collected from coffee shops and grocery stores

Maintaining the correct combination of fungal and bacterial matter, appropriate pH levels, among other complexities of successful composting.

Central Park Conservancy minimizes the use of commercial fertilizers

They used insecticides or any other products containing chemicals is carefully limited

1. Pollution Abatement and Cooling• Trees also act as natural air conditioners

to help keep cities cooler

2. Controlling Stormwater Runoff• Trees more effectively and less

expensively manage the flow ofstormwater runoff than do concretesewers and drainage ditches.

ENVIROMENTAL EFFECT

1. Reducing Crime• Access to Central Parks and recreational facilities

has been strongly linked to reductions in crime and in particular to reduced juvenile delinquency.

2. Recreation Opportunities: The Importance of Play• For small children, playing is learning.

3. Creating Stable Neighborhoods with Strong Community• Residents of neighborhoods with greenery in

common spaces are more likely to enjoy stronger social ties.

ECONOMY EFFECT

1. An Increase In Profit• The Central Park brings more than $1 billion a

year.

2. Tourism Benefits• The park often becomes one of a city’s signature

attractions.

SOCIAL EFFECT

• Each May, the Playground Partners of the Women’sCommittee of the Central Park Conservancy hosts itsAnnual Playground Party at Heckscher Playground. Theevent is a family-friendly fundraiser with activities gearedtoward children six months to 10 years of age.

The Magic of Your Playground

Taste of Summer

• Each Jun, This event features tastings prepared bycelebrated area restaurants, this annual benefit forCentral Park Conservancy brings together visionaries insupport of its mission to restore and maintain CentralPark.

Evening in the Garden

• The Greensward Circle, Central Park Conservancy'snetwork of young professionals, presents the 10th annualsummer benefit, Evening in the Garden. This event ismainly attended by New York's socially active youngprofessionals.

3. The central Park is

Geometric form.

1. Center of city of Manhattan, New York.

2. Surrounded by

skyscrappers.

5. Home to the Central Park Zoo4. English style landscape with large meadows,

several lakes and hills.

6. There are eighteen gated

entrances to the park. Each of them

has its own name.

7. Statue near the pond that are very

popular with children group of Alice in

Wonderland and her friends.

8. Sprawling waters

9. It have a Performance centers, Educational facilities and classical architecture.

"Central Park was designed for everyone, but the

tall buildings pushed me further into the middle of the park to be in the sunshine,” said Elyse Fox, who was in the park with her 3-year-old.

ISSUE AT CENTRAL PARK,

NEW YORK

MAIN ISSUE :

‘Central Park become

Central Dark’

This picture

show the

process of

before and

after

potential the

skyline over

Central Park,

New York

with the

proposed

development

of 57th St.

mega-towers.

-The long shadow will potentially cover all Central Park.

A. PHYSICAL

B. SOCIAL

1. Unsufficient sunlight toward plant.

2. Increasing of humidity.

3. Problem of ecosystem

1. Less of attraction at this

park.

2. Limited of activity.

“Central Park become Central Dark”

Pin Oak

Yellow Birch Japanese Tree LilacAmerican Sycamore

Red Oak Willow Leaf Cotoneaster

Pitch Pine

American Beech

American Elm White Spruce

As a conclusion, Central Park is one of the largest park that

includes informal landscape, bodies of water, and a mix of formal

landscapes, hard landscape areas, gardens, larger turf areas, athletic

fields, and buildings. This park be as a center of the city and the

surrounding of the park are building.

City park make inner—city neighborhoods more livable and

they provide places in low-income neighborhoods where people can

experience a sense of community. Greenery in common space are

more likely to enjoy stronger social ties than those who live surrounded

by barren concrete.

• Lab 3 – Flora of Central Park | New York City: Science and Technology.

(n.d.). Retrieved from

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/boycottboathouse/lab-3-map-and-

identifications/

• Best Management Practices Used at Urban Parks in National and

International Locations. March 2007

• Urban Park Conservancy, Central Park, New York Retrieved from

http://www.urbanparkconservancy.com/