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40 unusual facts about Central Park


1996 Bradford Bulls season

This meant that the Bulls had to travel to Central Park to play Wigan in the Premiership Trophy Semi-Final, in what was his last game in a Wigan shirt Shaun Edwards scored 4 tries to end Bradford's hopes of a Premiership final appearance in a hard fought 42-36 Wigan win.

2001 Eastern North America heat wave

Temperatures in Central Park, New York City reached a peak of 103 °F (39.4 °C).

Agneta Eckemyr

Her most recent designs are featured at Älskling (Swedish for Darling), on Columbus Avenue, New York City; a block from where she lives in an apartment overlooking Central Park.

Andrea Zittel

In 1999, the Public Art Fund commissioned Zittel to create a site-specific project for New York’s Central Park.

Andy Rolland

After a spell in junior football, he returned to Central Park in 1964 and remained for three seasons, before a £10,000 move to Dundee United in 1967.

Automated airport weather station

Because of this, not every ASOS is located at an airport; for example, one of these units is located at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, New York City; another is located at the Blue Hill Observatory near Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Camera

The aircraft was seventy-two miles away, and yet we could see people in Central Park.

Central Park Historic District

Central Park, New York, NY, listed as a historic district on the NRHP in New York City

Central Park, Ottawa

The name of the neighbourhood itself is taken from Central Park.

Central Park, Sydney

The first stage of the redevelopment is a new tower called One Central Park designed by Jean Nouvel featuring "vertical gardens" by Patrick Blanc and LED art by Yann Kersalé.

Christopher Aponte

He made his dance debut in a public performance at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.

Christopher Hanke

His roles have included Ethan Girard in the national tour of The Full Monty (2002) and Nick Piazza in Fame on 42nd Street (2003, off-Broadway); and on Broadway as J.T. in In My Life (2005), Mark Cohen in Rent (2007) and Baldwin in Cry-Baby (2008); and Claude in Hair (2008 - Central Park production).

Colin Stewart

After leaving Central Park, Stewart signed for Airdrieonians after a free transfer on 8 June 2013 and signed a one year contract.

Craig Levein

Levein quickly established himself in the first team at Central Park and soon became a target for larger clubs than Cowdenbeath.

Emil Dolensek

In addition to caring for animals at the Bronx Zoo, he also cared for animals at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island and, after 1981 when the NYZS took over management of the New York City zoos, he was responsible for the health of the animals at the Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos.

English Avenue and Vine City

It was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead who also designed Piedmont Park in Midtown and Central Park in New York City, however it was demolished to build Bethune Elementary School decades ago.

George A. Frederick

Druid Hill Park ranks with Central Park in New York City, begun in 1859, and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia as the oldest landscaped public parks in the United States.

Golden Gate

Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 174 acres (0.7 km², 0.27 mi²) larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared.

With 13 million visitors annually, Golden Gate is the fifth most visited city park in The United States after Central Park in New York City, Lincoln Park in Chicago, and Balboa Park and Mission Bay Park in San Diego.

Ice Hockey in Harlem

On-Ice Programming takes place three nights per week and Saturdays at Lasker Rink in Northern Central Park.

With a cursory knowledge of the basics, the youngsters donned mismatched, second-hand equipment and wobbled onto the ice of Lasker Rink, an outdoor facility at the northern end of Central Park.

Jah Shaka

In 2002 Jah Shaka appeared before a large crowd in New York City's Central Park.

Lewis Small

Small came through the Academy system of his local senior club Falkirk, making his first team debut against Cowdenbeath at Central Park as a substitute for Andy Haworth in the 68th minute.

Lya Lys

At one time the two were neighbors at the Hotel Navarro near New York’s Central Park.

Lynne Taetzsch

Taetzsch’s art appears on the covers of the Spring, 1990 issue of Sundog, the Spring, 1989 issue of Pacific Review, and in her multi-genre essay "Hang the Critic ‘and/both’ Resurrect the Author" in the Fall, 1989 issue of Central Park.

Mario Elie

Elie played street ball in Central Park and other locations in New York City during the 1980s, trying and failing several times to get into the NBA.

Mia Dyson

The following year (2006), Mia toured the USA and Canada, joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention on stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and supported Ani Di Franco in New York's Central Park.

Milehouse

The area borders Plymouth's huge Central Park and is a meeting point for supporters and police before and after local soccer games at adjacent Home Park, the ground of Plymouth Argyle football club.

Peverell

Peverell borders Central Park, often known as "the green lung" of Plymouth which is a very popular recreational area for Plymothians.

Philip Banks III

In addition, prior to commanding the Community Affairs Bureau, he was the Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Manhattan North and has also commanded the 79th, 81st and Central Park precincts.

Richard Quest

Quest was arrested in 2008 by police at 3:40am in Central Park, New York City, and after questioning, admitted to be in possession of a controlled substance: crystal methamphetamine.

Robert E. Lee Memorial Park

It formed the third largest municipal landscaped park in the country (after Central Park in New York City and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia).

Staceyann Chin

The Joseph Pap Public Theater has featured her on more than one occasion, and Staceyann has toured internationally, with performances in London, Denmark, Germany, South Africa and New York's own Central Park Summer Stage.

Steve Renouf

Renouf's Wigan Warriors debut came in round four of the Challenge Cup against Whitehaven at Central Park.

Steven McDonald

McDonald was shot three times in the line of duty by 15-year-old Shavod Jones (1971–1995) whom he was questioning about bicycle thefts in Central Park.

Sudbrook Park

Known most for designing well-known urban projects like Central Park in New York City, Olmsted conceived this "suburban village" with curved roads and open green spaces, traits that set the community apart from its contemporaries.

T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.

The Mothership Reconnection Tour, which began in New York's Central Park, included the landing of a full-scale Mothership on stage, from which Clinton emerged.

The Fall of Colossus

Together they receive instructions to obtain a circuit diagram of one of Colossus' input terminals and a sample of the information fed into it, along with instructions to proceed to two locations — one in St. John's, Newfoundland, the other in New York's Central Park — to receive further transmissions.

United for Peace and Justice

In 2004, the organization wanted to hold a rally on the Great Lawn of Central Park in opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq.

Vincent La Selva

Since 1974, he has performed complete operas at no charge to the public in New York City's Central Park.


Balto

A statue of Balto, sculpted by Frederick Roth, was erected in New York City's Central Park on December 17, 1926, just 10 months after Balto's arrival in Nome.

Cleveland and Copeland

They were responsible for Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, and Samuel Colt's Armsmear in Hartford, Connecticut, as well as a design for New York City's Central Park which lost out to Frederick Law Olmsted.

Donald Lipski

Some of his most recognizable works include The Yearling, outside the Denver Public Library (originally exhibited by The Public Art Fund at Doris Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, 1997), Sirshasana, hanging in the Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and F.I.S.H. at the San Antonio River Walk, in Texas.

Flower power

On the following Sunday in May 1967, WIN activists declared the Armed Forces Day as "Flower Power Day" and held a rally in Central Park to counter the traditional parade.

Fort Tryon Park

He hired the Olmsted Brothers firm – and in particular Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., son of the designer of Central Park – to plan a park that he would give to the city.

Frances Bemis

Among the publicity events she staged at the store were a fashion contest emceed by gossip columnist and society figure Elsa Maxwell and a Thanksgiving Day circus in Central Park.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America’s most treasured landscapes including the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston and Louisville.

Grogol Petamburan

Some of the largest malls in Jakarta — Ciputra, Taman Anggrek, Season City, and Central Park — are located in Grogol Petamburan's Tanjung Duren Selatan Administrative Village.

Mutley Plain

The area is mostly built up except for a small park on Moor View Terrace however Central Park and Ford Park Cemetery are nearby.

Oahspe: A New Bible

Ward, who claimed to have deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Cleopatra's Needle obelisk in Central Park.

San Mateo Arboretum

The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also has a Japanese garden designed by Nagao Sakurai that was dedicated in 1966.

Street magic

New York based artist and magician Jeff Sheridan is regarded as one of the pre-eminent U.S. street magicians to emerge from the surge in street performance artistry which began in the late '60s. He authored the 1977 book, Street Magic and allegedly was one of the performers who inspired and taught the young David Blaine after Blaine saw Sheridan perform in Central Park.

The Good Rats

During the following years, the Rats performed at venues such as Madison Square Garden, The Philadelphia Spectrum, The Nassau Coliseum, The Hammersmith Odeon in England, and New York’s Central Park, as well as showcase rooms such as The Bottom Line (Manhattan), My Father’s Place (Roslyn, New York), Whiskey a Go Go (Los Angeles) and The Paradise Room (Boston).

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Distressed and alone, Jon wanders through Central Park until he finds himself in the abandoned theater inside Belvedere Castle.