New York City- classic or dud?

jw probably has seen like 10-20% of the park

yeah, no fall is crazy. certainly the quality of spring and fall can vary by year, and there are years that feel like no spring, but it may be that we don't notice it as much if there's enough rain in between lingering april winter and extra warm june.

yah rainy spring is a downr

I really like the edges of the park - some of the nicer buildings in the city are there and I like seeing them framed by trees.

Northeast US Spring is one moody bitch though. My wife keeps asking me around what date she should put away her sweaters and I keep telling her that's not how it works here.

Cast ne'er a clout' till may is oot.

Yea, I haven't seen that much of central park, but its a fucking frisbee golf course compared to the places I went back home to ride my bike / take walks.

this weekend we had one day of summer followed by one day of winter

Spring in New York is awesome. It's like the only few weeks where you actually talk to your neighbors. Once summer comes around it's back to business as usual.

i've considered starting a thread called "You can take the kids out of the suburbs, but you can't take the suburbs out of the kids" with a jpg of the McCarren Pool slip 'n slide

I don't understand all this excitement about the outdoors and going to parks. Call me when it's beach weather.

what date she should put away her sweaters

August?

You crazy, parks beat beaches hands down.

except when parks become beaches, e.g., that strip of McCarren Park along Bedford Ave

Yea, I haven't seen that much of central park, but its a fucking frisbee golf course compared to the places I went back home to ride my bike / take walks.

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, April 14, 2008 9:56 AM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

omg yah central park isnt anything compared to the colorado rockies either - oh wait what theyre not the same thing? omg

central park is easily the most brilliantly landscaped place ive ever been. id even put it ahead of the great japanese gardens for its pragmatic utility - you never see biz markie preforming in a japanese garden. theres like 20 distinct aesthetic environments flowing seamlessly into each other.

its a masterwork that you can walk through and even play frisbee golf in if you like.

Honestly, I've never been to Central Park way uptown. You know, where they filmed all those early 90s movies they show on BET.

Hands up who's been north of the Jackie O Reservoir?

it contains and is surrounded by some of the worlds great museums. its got the alice in wonderland statue and a carousel. if all the people are bugging you out you can go hide in the ramble. shit a lot of people even live there.

i have been everywhere in cp

can anyone recommend a good bio of olmstead?

Ed, you are clearly winter-crazed and will only come to your senses when bathed in the reflected glare of July sun off hot sand and lapping waves.

Parks have shady trees for me to sit under.

central park is pretty dope, but on a nice day on the weekend it gets absolutely crazy crowded with people. i have the same (minor) quibble abt Prospect Park, but it doesn't fill up quite to the same degree. Also, I prefer Prospect Park because it is a 5 minute walk from my apartment and has a zoo. also designed by olmstead, IIRC.

also, i am with ed on parks being way better than beaches. if you were a dog, you could go to the doggie beach at prospect park!

You paleskins can stay in the park, then. It'll keep you off the shore-bound highways!

word is Olmstead felt Prospect Park was superior to Central Park.

You may also want to visit Forest Park in Queens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park_%28Queens%29

It's more of a forest than the other two parks.

ian, Central Park has a zoo too. it has polar bears.

i DO totally want to go to forest park.

i'd also like to let u guys all know that there are FLOWERS blooming on the tree outside my window for the first time this season.

but it's not a zoo i can walk to!
and does it have red pandas?

central park zoo is way better than prospect park zoo fyi ian - i do got mad love for prospect park tho

word is Olmstead felt Prospect Park was superior to Central Park.

yes, Olmsted did, and he isn't alone

yah it has red pandas and penguins <3 <3 <3

central park is way more formal and dynamic - prospect park is more natural

central park is way better maintained - which is kinda fuckd up

what ian zaid (tho I have never been to the PP zoo)

bikes around prospect park = :)

cutty? is that you?

can anyone recommend a good bio of olmstead?

http://www.amazon.com/Clearing-Distance-Frederick-Olmsted-America/dp/0684865750

Olmstead landscaped my high school (!)

you wanna know about central park, you read this

guys, there's no A in olmsted

its so crazy how every park in boston and new york is designed by that guy

My friend starts as a PP Zoo docent this spring! I will go to see her handle snakes & kiss the kissing pygmy goat.

SHEEP SHEARING, MAY 3 AND 4. C U THERE, IAN.

also Rock Creek Park in DC.

xp: reminds me. what ever happened to fact checking cuz?

is that hands-on civilian sheep shearing?

Sheep shearing?

they don't do it themselves, ed.

fact checkin cuz still posts on ILM i think. as factcheckr

is he tremendoid?

Doing it in the park
Doing it after dark
Ooh yeah
Rock Creek Park
Ooh yeah
Rock Creek Park:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-UxdI0jh8Uk

can anyone recommend a good bio of olmstead?

http://www.amazon.com/Clearing-Distance-Frederick-Olmsted-America/dp/0684865750

-- Mr. Que, Monday, April 14, 2008 3:06 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

so this is good que? that's the one google came up with for me but it looks like it might be super boring.