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Central Park trees include nine of New York City’s so-called “Great Trees.” In 1985, New York City embarked on a “Great Tree Search,” seeking nominations from ordinary citizens for ...
Reporting from New York — Central Park is a little sunnier now than it was a week ago. And that’s not a good thing. A thousand trees died in last Saturday’s freak autumn snowstorm. It ...
"Central Park—before it was Central Park—was a desolate, rocky swamp," birdwatcher Ken Chaya says. Now, he and an author have mapped almost 20,000 trees in the New York City arboretum.
More than 18,000 trees across the park are at peak fall color, according to the Central Park Conservancy. Some of the recommended areas to visit include the Pool, the North Meadow, and the Pond ...
Since it opened in 1937, 44 flowering crab apple trees have lined the two allées, or walkways, in the central, Italianate section. The original trees were replaced in the mid-1950s when they ...
To celebrate the park’s 50th anniversary a volunteer group hopes to plant 50 more trees in three groves at Huntington Beach Central Park. Above,a couple walks their dog along a path near a ...
New York City's most iconic park has debuted a new Cherry Blossom tracker map to help you identify all the must-see trees in the Manhattan space just before the peak.. The Central Park Conservancy ...
The Central Park Conservancy has been using a program called TreeWorks to determine which trees in the park are in need of attention and care. Trees are tagged with labels like "Priority 1" and ...
A slew of horrific tree-related incidents have occurred in Central Park, and their victims have blamed parks workers for some of them. Personal-injury claims brought against the city by those hurt … ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Central Park, ordinarily a winter wonderland when covered in snow, looked more like a Halloween nightmare on Monday. The park is open after this weekend's snowstorm but ...
Among the 650 Central Park trees destroyed by Hurricane Sandy was a 160-year-old pin oak that “may have been among the first trees planted in Central Park.” Another arboreal victim was a 120 ...