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| CityListen Audio Tours.
Downloadable audio walking tour.
Stops include:
* Tavern on the Green: from sheepfold to fine dining
* Sheep Meadow: there really were sheep on this meadow from 1864-1934
* The Carousel: The original carousel was built in the 1870s, this one was moved here from Coney Island in the 1950s and is one of the finest merry-go-rounds in America
* The Dairy: Part of a social experiment to bring free milk to working class kids
* The Mall: The formal centerpiece of the park, creating a straight line that runs due North-South through the park on a line with Belvedere Castle
* Bethesda Terrace: The most ornately carved area of the park; best place to see the Ramble, Lake, and Angel of the Waters as one long view
* The Model Boat pond: If you're here on a nice weekend, rent a model boat and give it a whirl.
* Cleopatra's Needle: Brought to America in 1880s, carved ca. 1500 BC
* Belvedere Castle: Turret is highest point in the park
* Shakespeare Garden: Planted in the 1920s to ensure that as many plants as mentioned in Shakespeare that could grow in a NYC climate would be available for the enjoyment/edification of Americans
* And, of course, the most popular statue in the park.
Price: $7.95 |
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