This afternoon, one of the first really warm days of the year, I took a walk through Central Park along with what seemed like most of New York. As Colson Whitehead puts it in The Colossus of New York, "On the first day of spring in search of antidote they seek the park, hardly aware of biological imperative. Everybody has the same idea."
I immediately fell in love with the park. It is amazing to see such a large open space of grass and trees surrounded by huge skyscrapers. When you are inside of the park, you cannot hear the noise of the cars, busses, and subways. You begin to forget where you are. Not until you begin to walk to the edges of the park do you remember that you are in the middle of the city.
The park is full of different types of people, from infants to elders from all different ethnic and economic backgrounds. Most of the people in the park seem to have one thing in common; they are happy and relaxed. The couples walking their children in the strollers look so happy. The children riding their bikes and running around seem to not have nothing else on their minds. The basketball and volleyball courts are full of people running and laughing. Everyone in the park is taking a break from the hectic normal hectic week to enjoy time with families and friends. To me, Central Park was an escape from urban reality where there seems to be no care in the world.
I immediately fell in love with the park. It is amazing to see such a large open space of grass and trees surrounded by huge skyscrapers. When you are inside of the park, you cannot hear the noise of the cars, busses, and subways. You begin to forget where you are. Not until you begin to walk to the edges of the park do you remember that you are in the middle of the city.
The park is full of different types of people, from infants to elders from all different ethnic and economic backgrounds. Most of the people in the park seem to have one thing in common; they are happy and relaxed. The couples walking their children in the strollers look so happy. The children riding their bikes and running around seem to not have nothing else on their minds. The basketball and volleyball courts are full of people running and laughing. Everyone in the park is taking a break from the hectic normal hectic week to enjoy time with families and friends. To me, Central Park was an escape from urban reality where there seems to be no care in the world.
