New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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1 Central Park

Central Park (www.

centralparknyc.org; 59th &

110th Sts btwn Central Park

West & Fifth Ave; h6am-1am;

c), the rectangular

patch of green that

occupies Manhattan’s

heart, began life in

the mid-19th century

as a swampy piece of

land that was carefully

bulldozed into the

idyllic landscapes you

see today with more

than 24,000 trees, 136

acres of woodland, 21

TRIP HIGHLIGHT

Long Island

Once.the.site.of.small.European.whaling.and.

fishing.ports.from.as.early.as.1640,.today’s.

Long.Island.evokes.a.complicated.menagerie.

of.images:.cookie-cutter.suburbia,.nightmare.

commutes,.private-school.blazers.and.moneyed.

decadence..But.visions.of.suburban.dystopia.

aside.–.this.Long.Island.loop,.which.begins.and.

ends.in.New.York.City,.has.wide.ocean.and.bay.

beaches,.renowned.vineyards,.mega.mansions.

and.important.historic.sites..

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