Central Park Obelisk Wander

I found out that there is 3500 year old Egyptian obelisk in Central Park. The obelisk was put up in Heliopolis around 1500 BC, and was given to the US in 1881 as a gift from the Egyptian government with the hopes of establishing economic ties. It's the oldest thing in the park, and it's tucked away just behind the MET. I'd walked right past it a couple of times and never noticed it, so the purpose of this wander was to have a look.


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I Started the wander outside the MET at 82nd and 5th.

  

Central Park Foliage Wander

This wander is from early November, 2008 - my first fall in New York. Obviously I had to take a wander through Central Park once the leaves had changed.

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I entered the park on 79th street and headed south toward the Boat Basin.

 

Central Park Wander Part I

One of my first wanders when I arrived in New York was in Central Park (late September 2008). I had just moved into a studio apartment on the Upper East Side, just 4 blocks from the park.
In my hometown on Saint John there is a beautiful park called Rockwood Park, which was designed by the same Downing Vaux from the Central Park design team.

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I started my wander at the 79th street entrance and headed south to the Boat Basin: