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The skyscrapers are what makes Central Park unique. There are millions of acres of parkland around the world. There is only one place where a park is surrounded
by jdpink 6y ago
The skyscrapers are what makes Central Park unique. There are millions of acres of parkland around the world. There is only one place where a park is surrounded by the most iconic skyline in the world. That contrast between the urban and the "natural" (there's little to no true wilderness in Central Park) is what makes it beautiful to me.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThere's a new cluster of super-tall buildings going up around Central Park, though, that are changing the situation a bit. Housing for handfuls of billionaires shading the public park used by millions. https://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/305643904/nyc-s-tall-skyscrapers-cast-super-shadows-on-central-park https://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/305643904/nyc-s-tall-skyscrap...
- bluthru 6y agoThese supertalls are adding significant shadows to Central Park: https://www.westsiderag.com/2018/11/11/billionaire-shadows-now-creeping-across-central-park-olmsted-and-vaux-would-not-be-happy https://www.westsiderag.com/2018/11/11/billionaire-shadows-n...
- cborg 6y agoI'm not sure I'd say "significant". >This means that the lasting shadow coverage will be relatively faint. On the winter solstice, the longest edge of the passing shadows cast from these buildings is estimated to last one hour. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/21/upshot/Mapping-the-Shadows-of-New-York-City.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/21/upshot/Mappin...
- bluthru 6y ago>one hour They're at the southern end of Central Park, which means that one hour is lunch hour.