I’m talking about a massive park in the absolute heart of the city. Located such that is naturally surrounded by city high rises. *People are giving examples of parks that are way off in the boonies. I’m trying to say located centrally, heart of the city, you know where the high rises are. Yes I understand nyc has more, the point is centrally located.
Copied by younger cities in North Americ. You know, the cities younger than NYC that could have seen the value of setting aside a large area for parkland before it was developed.
Obviously the question is about the size, scale, and location of Central Park. The designer wanted even larger.
Other cities have done the same. Central Park isn’t even the oldest one.
The oldest one in the Americas is in Mexico City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Central
… That is tiny. I’m not talking a park. I’m taking a massive park.
Central Park is not even big enough to be listed on Wikipedia’s list of urban parks by size:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_parks_by_size
… Technically inside funky city lines is not the same as being in the heart of a city. Gatineau Park even says North of Ottawa. Not North side, North of. “It is not classified as an urban park by its managing authority.[1]”
I really didn’t think I’d have to emphasize Central Park is a massive park in the heart of a city such that is surrounded by high rises. At this point I think you’re at least talkng in bad faith. So cheers.
I never said every urban park is the same as Central Park.
You did ask why other cities haven’t copied the concept of Central Park. I’ve pretty clearly demonstrated that the concept of an urban park in a metropolitan area is both not original to Central Park and not unique to Central Park.