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[–]Mannekino 785 points786 points ago

I never realized Central Park was so big. John McClane went through it like a minute or so in Die Hard 3. It is really really huge, just look how many city blocks it covers.

[–]downvotethisnow 247 points248 points ago

As a Canadian who has never been to NY, I too am surprised by just how large it is... maybe it's just the wide angle but it looks like the park takes up at least 1/4 of Manhattan island?

[–]ostermei 222 points223 points ago

The wide-angle is making it seem larger than it really is, but even so, it's still pretty enormous: https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.780021,-73.942451&spn=0.188479,0.306587&t=k&z=12

[–]eighthgear 95 points96 points ago

Indeed. Central Park is bigger than the nation of Monaco.

[–]TiberiCorneli 102 points103 points ago

To be fair most places are bigger than Monaco. It's not even a whole square mile.

[–]ClicheInsult 249 points250 points ago

Your mom is bigger than Monaco.

[–]TiberiCorneli 19 points20 points ago

And you can have a go for the low, low price of $0.01

[–]_________lol________ 9 points10 points ago

To Monaco?

[–]TiberiCorneli 12 points13 points ago

If that's what you're into.

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          [–]Meoow 194 points195 points ago

          Water is scary in Google Maps :o

          [–]krazykenn 130 points131 points ago

          Water is scary in Real Life :o

          [–]rallets 119 points120 points ago

          everytime i shower.. fear

          [–]Peter_L_ 127 points128 points ago

          Every time I watch you shower ... fear.

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                [–]TimesWasting 37 points38 points ago

                I get so freaked out when I accidentally zoom in on water on google maps, especially the oceans

                [–]ryancostello 19 points20 points ago

                So i'm not the only one!

                every time I go near any large body of water I get nervous for some reason....

                [–]gtwy 67 points68 points ago

                It's because you have rabies

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                    [–]mrtomjones 24 points25 points ago

                    https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.784705,-73.96216&spn=0.00459,0.004823&t=k&z=18

                    What is that underwater looking tunnel thing in the lake?

                    [–]ostermei 31 points32 points ago

                    Apparently a stone divider running between two gate houses that allows them to section off the reservoir for maintenance purposes.

                    Source.

                    [–]mrtomjones 3 points4 points ago

                    Now I want to go there and walk across it or swim along it depending on the depth at the time :P Thanks for the info.

                    [–]Campenu 5 points6 points ago

                    Actually it's an ancient sea creature lurking and waiting to destroy Manhattan...

                    [–]tconsolazio 16 points17 points ago

                    It's a reservoir, not a lake. That structure runs between the gate houses so I'm guessing it's some type of pump. It's not always submerged: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbaron/7154344768/

                    [–]KallistiEngel 2 points3 points ago

                    So can you walk along it when it's not submerged?

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                        [–]PhoneDojo 39 points40 points ago

                        Give this one a look :)

                        Edit: There's a Central Park view on the right

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                          [–]cjt09 87 points88 points ago

                          The park takes up about 6% of the island, which is still a pretty significant amount (the land the park sits on was appraised at over half a trillion dollars back in 2005).

                          [–]wisenheimer 52 points53 points ago

                          I find it hard to believe it would be that cheap. Yes, I said it especially thinking of vertical rights.

                          [–][deleted] 204 points205 points ago

                          The thing is, valuing Central Park is complicated by the fact that much of the real estate surrounding Central Park has an inflated value because of the presence of Central Park. Remove the park, and the land value decreases.

                          [–]oh_bruddah 66 points67 points ago

                          That is an excellent point. This happens a lot.

                          For example, developers see a beautiful golf course and think "I could build condos there and make a fortune."

                          Remove the golf course, all the adjacent property value plummets.

                          [–]NOTTedMosby 63 points64 points ago

                          I'm learning so fucking much about real estate right now.

                          [–]Its_Free_Real_Estate 36 points37 points ago

                          gif

                          [–]circuitdust 6 points7 points ago

                          For an architect, you should know more about real estate, Ted!

                          [–]jaybird13 1 point2 points ago

                          He's clearly NOT Ted Mosby.

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                              [–]TiberiCorneli 8 points9 points ago

                              That's just the opening bid.

                              [–]cjt09 4 points5 points ago

                              It may seem that way, but consider that $500 billion for the park comes out to almost $14,000 per square foot--and this is just the land. If you wanted to buy a baseball diamond sized chunk of land, it'd be over $100 million.

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                                [–]Guccimayne 75 points76 points ago

                                It's pretty big. Here's another angle that I took from on top of the Rockefeller building. My camera's perspective doesn't quite do its size justice, however.

                                http://i.imgur.com/YzApG.jpg

                                Scenes from movies or television don't even come close to showing how big this thing is. I was truly shocked when I saw it in person. Even more shocked when I jogged the whole thing! >.<

                                [–]Bike-o-king 24 points25 points ago

                                Nyc in general doesn't translate well to film or tv. The first time I visited, I was shocked by how crowded it was and close together everything is. On film and tv, it looks like its full of big open spaces. It's not

                                [–]gtwy 20 points21 points ago

                                The park is pretty awesome. It's kind of like someone cuboided a large section of the city in Minecraft and //regen-ed it.

                                [–]JoelMontgomery 15 points16 points ago

                                It's the spawn area, can't build there

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                                  [–]diggexpat 6 points7 points ago

                                  Went to NYC for the first time for New Years last year. Thought we'd take an hour and stroll through central park. Didn't realize it would take all fucking afternoon. Everything in NYC was bigger than I expected. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, that I figured would take a couple hours to get through, takes more like a day to really soak everything in. We're going back in a few months for that express purpose as well as the Natural History Museum and Hayden Planetarium.

                                  [–]azyzzbrah 23 points24 points ago

                                  Hayden Pannettierium

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                                    [–]natural_flavor 66 points67 points ago

                                    Fuck. Jogged around it? I got tired walking half way across, said fuck this, and took the subway back to my hotel and masturbated until I fell asleep.

                                    [–]strik3r2k8[!] 21 points22 points ago

                                    I would really love L.A. to follow New York's model. Looks more organized.

                                    Wish they had a concept of artificial borders before building L.A. L.A. is ridiculously sprawly..

                                    [–]TheDCRebel 25 points26 points ago

                                    Well, a pair of rivers and a harbor don't count as "artificial" borders so much. I think a better example of a well laid out city with artificial borders would be DC. The Borders of the city were set by law several centuries ago, meaning that sprawl or annexation aren't possible.

                                    Now, the DC metro area sprawls a good bit, but DC itself obviously does not.

                                    [–]kenlubin 11 points12 points ago

                                    The problem with DC is that the roads were designed to impede invading armies. Now they just impede people trying to get to work.

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                                          [–]drewsus 7 points8 points ago

                                          As a Canadian, you might be interested to know that Central Park is over twice as big as Toronto's High Park (843 acres vs 398 acres).

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                                            [–]PineappleSlices[!] 9 points10 points ago

                                            It's 51 blocks long and 3 avenues wide, just for clarification.

                                            [–]richardsim7 43 points44 points ago

                                            But maybe John McClane went through it width ways, which is like 3 city blocks

                                            [–]braised_diaper_shit 26 points27 points ago

                                            Pretty sure you're right. He "crossed" the park, which doesn't take long to do.

                                            [–]_aron_ 5 points6 points ago

                                            No shit? That's pretty cool to know - I'll have to rewatch 3 now.

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                                              [–]Gary_Burke 29 points30 points ago

                                              McClane enters the park at 72nd St. And Central Park West. In relation to the photo, that is about 10 blocks to the right of the Museum of Natural History, which is the building surrounded by trees adjacent to the park near the bottom of the photo. He then heads south (right) to 59th St., near Columbus Circle (bottom right of the Park). It's only 13 blocks. Zeus was right, He should have hit the West Side Hiway and taken it all the way downtown.

                                              [–]TheIntersect 12 points13 points ago

                                              As a Brit, I have no idea what you just said, but I'll nod in your direction.

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                                                [–]NominallySafeForWork 15 points16 points ago

                                                Wide angle image makes it look bigger.

                                                But yeah. It's still pretty big. It's almost twice as big as Monaco.

                                                [–]TheSizzler34 39 points40 points ago

                                                I need to start using a different lens for my dick pics...

                                                [–]PlasmidDNA 28 points29 points ago

                                                Interestingly, despite its fame, it's not even close to being the largest municipal park in the US. Central park is listed at about 840 acres, whereas Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is 4,618 acres, Pelham Bay Park (also in NYC) is 2,117 acres, Washington DCs Rock Creek Park is 1,754 acres and Lincoln Park in Chicago is 1,185 acres.

                                                [–]cbartlett 92 points93 points ago

                                                Born in Philadelphia, now a New Yorker, here. Fairmount Park is indeed much larger. But it sprawls out across a river, divided by a highway, and just doesn't even feel like one park. It feels like a bunch of different destinations that happened to be connected by green areas on a map.

                                                Central Park, however, feels like a true oasis in the middle of the city. With a clearly defined edge and lack of any obstructions in the middle, it is like an entirely separate world which can whisk its occupants away from the bustle of city life. I love it.

                                                [–]cyberpAuLnk 12 points13 points ago

                                                Wow. No other description of Central Park has made me want to go there more...

                                                [–]PlasmidDNA 9 points10 points ago

                                                Agreed - I have been to both. While they are both parks, they have distinctly different feels. I will say, though, that there are areas of Fairmount Park that I have been in that certainly feel "city-adjacent". Same with Rock Creek Park in DC.

                                                Again, as I have said in other comments, I am not bashing Central Park. I was just relating info regarding it's size, as thats how this conversation started.

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                                                  [–]celladore 8 points9 points ago

                                                  Balboa Park in San Diego is around 1200 acres as well.

                                                  [–]shootamcg 14 points15 points ago

                                                  The Edmonton River Valley is over 18000 acres IIRC, but Central Park is much more impressive.

                                                  [–]jgibran 4 points5 points ago

                                                  Edmonton's parks around the river are pretty beautiful too, especially if you get a high view of it all.

                                                  [–]mrhindustan 4 points5 points ago

                                                  Hello fellow Edmontonian!

                                                  [–]shootamcg 3 points4 points ago

                                                  Why hello thar!

                                                  [–]woopthat 8 points9 points ago

                                                  Most of these parks aren't in the city in the way that central park is. Rock creek in DC is way up north and can barely be considered 'in the city'.

                                                  Central park is special because immediately surrounding it are dense high rise buildings.

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                                                    [–]oh_bruddah 10 points11 points ago

                                                    Manhattan is a highly compressed area. For the park to be that big, on such a small island, makes it seem huge.

                                                    For some perspective, DFW Airport is larger than the island of Manhattan in square miles.

                                                    Edit: Punctuation

                                                    [–]lricharz 7 points8 points ago

                                                    There are more trees in the City of New York than there are people in any US City outside of New York. (5.2million+ trees)

                                                    [–]Mopsicle 49 points50 points ago

                                                    Golden Gate Park is larger than Central Park by like 20%

                                                    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

                                                    And they have windmills!

                                                    [–]neweralt 4 points5 points ago

                                                    And bison!

                                                    [–]-888- 13 points14 points ago

                                                    http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/goldengatepark/

                                                    [–]BrainInAJar 39 points40 points ago

                                                    Yes, yes... SF is better at everything & gets no respect... There there, west coaster.

                                                    [–]Ystonia 11 points12 points ago

                                                    Or the park is just bigger...

                                                    [–]Waelsleahta 18 points19 points ago

                                                    Our weather is better and we have the best gays, in your face, NYC!

                                                    [–]burgerofthepast 6 points7 points ago

                                                    Our weather is better

                                                    ha

                                                    SF has the worst type of weather. Not enjoyably seasonable but not redeemingly nice like, say, San Diego, either. Too much wind and fog.

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                                                      [–]Mopsicle 5 points6 points ago

                                                      I'm from NY :P

                                                      even though GG is man made, it's still a big fucking park

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                                                            [–]GCanuck 94 points95 points ago

                                                            What's that building that juts into the park? I've always been curious. Just seems out of place.

                                                            [–]the_palest_gopher 174 points175 points ago

                                                            That's the metropolitan museum of art

                                                            [–]mathmat 159 points160 points ago

                                                            Is it weird that I only know that because of GTA IV?

                                                            [–]hauntedcandle 29 points30 points ago

                                                            Not at all, I learned my way through the city because of the Spiderman 2 game.

                                                            [–]dawgger 8 points9 points ago

                                                            Yes! I could recognize any picture of Manhattan from any angle thanks to that game.

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                                                              [–]666ATHEISTCOOLGUY666 39 points40 points ago

                                                              Not at all

                                                              [–]NemWan 8 points9 points ago

                                                              Fun fact: the real Central Park is 21 times larger than Middle Park in GTA IV. Or, slightly larger in area than the entire GTA IV island of Algonquin.

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                                                                [–]_I_AM_BATMAN_ 18 points19 points ago

                                                                What's the building on the right hand side of the picture?

                                                                [–]the_palest_gopher 29 points30 points ago

                                                                If you mean the one that looks like it juts out of the park that's the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium.

                                                                [–]Tullay 13 points14 points ago

                                                                You are correct. The Met is large building that juts into the park in the center top. Both are amazing museums.

                                                                [–]spying_dutchman 6 points7 points ago

                                                                The Met has an entire fucking egyptian temple inside, I would highly recommend it.

                                                                [–]pootastic 2 points3 points ago

                                                                Hayden Panettiere?

                                                                [–]MrXhin 7 points8 points ago

                                                                Heavenly body

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                                                                        [–]jneg 66 points67 points ago

                                                                        Damn, the Statue of Liberty doesn't look quite as big from this far away

                                                                        Circled it.

                                                                        [–]Disgruntor 168 points169 points ago

                                                                        That's a rectangle...

                                                                        [–]jneg 29 points30 points ago

                                                                        I'm just thinking outside the sphere

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                                                                          [–]mr17five 53 points54 points ago

                                                                          Circled it.

                                                                          dawg, thassa square

                                                                          [–]aeobeo 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          daaaaawg, that ain't no candy-ass square, that be a rectangle. Get yo geometry right playa.

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                                                                            [–]indefort 6 points7 points ago

                                                                            To the people who are surprised at how big central park is, you're going to be equally surprised at how small The Statue Of Liberty is.

                                                                            I mean, we don't have a lot of 300 foot tall statues around, so she's pretty impressive, but I almost guarantee you're picturing her bigger in your head.

                                                                            [–]Stokesy7 6 points7 points ago

                                                                            The status is really small. Here's a photo I took with my phone from as close as I could get to it without going on the ferry: http://i.imgur.com/zsXHB.jpg

                                                                            [–]RustyDynamite 7 points8 points ago

                                                                            The Statue of Liberty isn't very big to begin with, but she is classy.

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                                                                              [–]exorbitantwealth 46 points47 points ago

                                                                              I know they won't but IF they decided to sell Central Park companies for commercial purposes what do you think the value would be?

                                                                              [–]pierredude 72 points73 points ago

                                                                              A lot of the value of the areas around Central Park is due to their proximity to the park. That said, I've seen estimates upwards of half a trillion. Given that estimate was from '05 and manhattan real estate values continue to defy gravity, I'd put it close to 750 billion.

                                                                              Source

                                                                              [–]dunnowins 38 points39 points ago

                                                                              The price certainly would be astronomical but development of the park would decimate real estate prices around the park.

                                                                              EDIT: I cant spell.

                                                                              [–]justbecausewhynot 25 points26 points ago

                                                                              There is a moment of shear panic, when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than mine. I calm myself and move into the bedroom...

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                                                                                [–]FoxKITSUNE 70 points71 points ago

                                                                                And if YEARS upon YEARS of watching Law and Order have taught me anything, it's that there is a dead body or a murder weapon behind every bush or down every hill in a ditch.

                                                                                [–]cstrong 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                And in fact there is another dead body behind the original dead body. New York is just an open cemetery.

                                                                                [–]4chanian_immigrant 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                Covered in semen.

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                                                                                  [–]xour 44 points45 points ago

                                                                                  I'm not from the states, what is the building circled in red?

                                                                                  http://i.imgur.com/Gbrj4.jpg

                                                                                  [–]Zimoi 59 points60 points ago

                                                                                  Museum of National History

                                                                                  [–]rynomilner 36 points37 points ago

                                                                                  You mean natural history.

                                                                                  [–]xour 24 points25 points ago

                                                                                  Thank you guys.

                                                                                  [–]TommyBaseball 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                  and Hayden Planetarium, directed by none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson.

                                                                                  [–]Toxyoi 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                  I thought she was on Heroes.

                                                                                  [–]voneahhh 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                  Now someone circle the Shake Shack, people need to know where to eat.

                                                                                  [–]GravyGravyGravy 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                  I was just there a few days ago...mmmmmm here they are

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                                                                                        [–]TemetNosce 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                        Beautiful !!! Now I can finally see where, the "Warriors", went out to play.

                                                                                        [–]koshercowboy 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                        I guess the only question left is, Can you dig it?

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                                                                                          [–]GetsHitByCars 373 points374 points ago

                                                                                          Original Post Submitted 8 Hours Ago

                                                                                          [–]moorethanafeeling 46 points47 points ago

                                                                                          At least x-post, people!

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                                                                                            [–]MattyAmerica1 97 points98 points ago

                                                                                            I'm pretty sure this is a screenshot from the new SimCity.

                                                                                            [–]jon62ski 31 points32 points ago

                                                                                            No, there are subways in this one.

                                                                                            [–]nowhereman1280 27 points28 points ago

                                                                                            And you don't need to be logged on to the internet to go to NYC...

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                                                                                              [–]M0b1u5 203 points204 points ago

                                                                                              Being a paraglider pilot with over 5,000 flights, I can assure you this image is taken from around double the 2,500 indicated, so about 5,000 feet.

                                                                                              [–]zerosdontcount 34 points35 points ago

                                                                                              I was thinking the same thing, at least 5000 ft

                                                                                              [–]regzilla 107 points108 points ago

                                                                                              This picture is taken with a wide angle. It can distort distances and makes things look further away. You can tell by the ground looking like it's a sphere.

                                                                                              [–]drewsus 99 points100 points ago

                                                                                              this guy believes the world is flat! get him!

                                                                                              [–]jettrscga 13 points14 points ago

                                                                                              If this were the world's real curvature, I'd say the radius was about 10 miles based on the camera distance.

                                                                                              [–]rsporter 15 points16 points ago

                                                                                              One World Trade Center is 1776 ft tall. Wide-angle or not, this is not from 2500 feet. More likely the 5000 stated above.

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                                                                                                    [–]giz0r 42 points43 points ago

                                                                                                    I visited New York City for the first time July this year. Have been aching to go back ever since I stepped off the plane back in Denmark. Fantastic city.

                                                                                                    [–]omgimsuchadork 29 points30 points ago

                                                                                                    New Yorker here: I'm glad you enjoyed your visit! Do you mind if I ask what your favorite thing here was?

                                                                                                    [–]demonofthefall 31 points32 points ago

                                                                                                    Not OP but I can tell you my view: everything. It's the one place that truly feels like the center of the world. It's chick and cheesy; big but small; funny but serious. It's a city so burned into our collective western world mindset that's truly a fantastic experience to go there and see it alive.

                                                                                                    It's been like 6 years since, and I long to go back. We have a small daugther now but just the other day I was mentioning to my wife how it would be awesome for us to spend a week there during Christmas when she's older.

                                                                                                    [–]omgimsuchadork 11 points12 points ago

                                                                                                    I'll tell you the same thing I tell everyone, then, if you plan to come back: there's more than New York than just Manhattan, and if you haven't already, visit the outerboroughs! It can be a bit of a schlep, depending where you start and where you're going, and there's a lot more to do in spring and summer but stuff like the NY Hall of Science is open year-round and tons of fun!

                                                                                                    [–]internetsuperstar 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                    Just walk around Corona, Jamaica, Flushing, Jackson Heights

                                                                                                    IMO Queens is the only "real" NYC left in terms of blue collar cultural diversity. It's what large parts of Brooklyn used to be (Williamsburg, Greenpoint and adjacent areas). Southern Brooklyn still has lots of great stuff though.

                                                                                                    [–]omgimsuchadork 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                    IMO Queens is the only "real" NYC left

                                                                                                    As a Queens native (next door to Jamaica, in fact), this makes me beam with pride.

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                                                                                                      [–]giz0r 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                      I suppose it was something as simple as feeling like i belonged. Usually when we danes go on vacation, it's to non english-native countries.

                                                                                                      In New York it felt like home, while at the same time being awe-inspiring.

                                                                                                      [–]lagavulin16yr 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                      As a New Yorker getting drunk with a Dane in Mexico right now. I'm going to say lad os drikke!

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                                                                                                        [–]DaithiOMaolmhuaidh 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                        Best thing about New York for me was good pizza whenever I wanted, Ireland just doesn't do pizza any justice.

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                                                                                                            [–]StrukkStar 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                            Can someone tell me what's that in the middle of the lake in the central park that goes from one side to the other? There seem to be buildings on both ends.

                                                                                                            https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.788154,-73.96098&spn=0.002456,0.004128&t=k&z=19

                                                                                                            [–]ecosse1 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                            I had a quick Google and found this article from around the time it was constructed.

                                                                                                            It's a wall.

                                                                                                            It was originally a reservoir to provide water for New York and a wall was built to divide it into two equal parts so that when water levels were low each half could operate independently. I don't really know anything about the distribution of water, so I don't know why it was done this way, but if you fancy investigating a bit more that should get you started.

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                                                                                                              [–]Tullay 21 points22 points ago

                                                                                                              NYer here. I see a lot of comments about how large the park looks. It really is quite massive. It's really nice to be able to actually feel outdoors when you're surrounded by buildings at all times. There's a nature trail in the park where you can almost not see any buildings. It's a great place and NYC would not be nearly as good without it.

                                                                                                              [–]ANAL_PILLAGER 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                                              I have never been to America, but I know my way around this city better than my own thanks to Spider-Man on the Playstation

                                                                                                              [–]pilonpilesh 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                              I feel there is a lot less COOL pictures like this on reddit these days. Lets bring em back

                                                                                                              [–]shutyourcumtunnel 88 points89 points ago

                                                                                                              central park from 0 feet!!

                                                                                                              [–]pootastic 26 points27 points ago

                                                                                                              No way, dude, I'm an experienced normal person, and I've logged over 10,000 hours in nature over 30 years. That shot is clearly not from 0 feet... it's more like 2.5 feet, with a 15mm lens.

                                                                                                              [–]ratking11 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                                              That grass looks too nice for CP...

                                                                                                              Edit: I suppose I shouldn't have used an acronym in response to "shutyourcumtunnel"...

                                                                                                              [–]CocoSavege 59 points60 points ago

                                                                                                              Correct. Most CP is pretty bare. Grass isn't normal at all.

                                                                                                              [–]perfektstranger 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                                                [–]wimpykid 35 points36 points ago

                                                                                                                CP...

                                                                                                                [–]internetsuperstar 32 points33 points ago

                                                                                                                CP

                                                                                                                that word....I don't think you know what it means on the internet

                                                                                                                [–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                Cookie Pretzels. Duh.

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                                                                                                                      [–]Bagelstein 53 points54 points ago

                                                                                                                      Makes me proud to be a New Yorker, too awesome.

                                                                                                                      [–]Cazzy_m 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                                      Never been to New York! Might be a silly question but what are the light sandy coloured circles?

                                                                                                                      [–]wisenheimer 28 points29 points ago

                                                                                                                      The baseball diamonds are a BIG controversy. I'm not talking about whether they should be there or not. They should. But there are a few "leagues" that snap up all the permits to use them and some see this as a big racket of pay for play.

                                                                                                                      [–]Sanity_in_Moderation 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                      Are the permits originally free?

                                                                                                                      Do the "leagues" then resell the permits?

                                                                                                                      Are there diamonds set aside for non-league pay?

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                                                                                                                        [–]JayPetey 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                        America's pastime! Baseball fields.

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                                                                                                                            [–]alchemyy 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                            Having never been to NYC, is it possible to get helicopter rides to get a view like this?

                                                                                                                            [–]arup02 23 points24 points ago

                                                                                                                            If GTA IV taught me anything, yes.

                                                                                                                            [–]Tullay 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                            Yes but it's expensive

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                                                                                                                              [–]jurzdevil 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                              "Grown men come into the park and never leave alive."

                                                                                                                              [–]ChewbaccasAbortion 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                              I'm from Alaska and this city is just... jarring with how big it is and how so many people live there.

                                                                                                                              [–]TheSandyRavage 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                              It's jarring how many people all congregate in one area during the summer. This is The Great Lawn and it's this full basically every weekend during the summer.

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                                                                                                                                [–]JTAC_Sean 22 points23 points ago

                                                                                                                                Us New Yorkers reaaaaally love our baseball.

                                                                                                                                [–]BLT_with_extra_bacon 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                                Here is a pic of me and my friends playing Blitzball (Wiffleball) in Central Park a few years ago. So much fun.

                                                                                                                                [–]andybobz 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                That's what those sand pits are?

                                                                                                                                [–]leafsleafs17 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                                                For some reason I thought it was part of a golf course.

                                                                                                                                [–]thatwasntveryraven 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                Yes, those are infields for baseball diamonds.

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                                                                                                                                  [–]professionalbadass 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                  Being from Boston I have to challenge that. ;)

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                                                                                                                                    [–]tklibe 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                    I can't even imagine what the property values must be like surrounding/overlooking the park. A penthouse apartment overlooking one of those lakes? Must be at least tens of millions of dollars.

                                                                                                                                    [–]R88SHUN 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                    Some Russian billionaire just bought a penthouse on the west side of the park for like 90 million dollars.

                                                                                                                                    [–]westayfree 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                                                    Hello, that was me.

                                                                                                                                    [–]plopez1213 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                    Just to give you some idea.... http://www.trulia.com/NY/New_York,5059,Central_Park/

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                                                                                                                                      [–]grixorbatz 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                      Selling the park for real estate development would decimate more than just the real-estate values of surrounding properties. As a native NY'er I can tell you that people come from everywhere to Central Park - especially in the summer. We train or bus it to the park. We skate to it. We bike there. Or just plain old walk. It may be small compared to other parks in the US, but as an experience of NY, it's vast. Fabulous people watching @ strawberry fields. You can hang out listening to musicians who show up to play just about everything under the sun: chamber music, Classic Rock, tunes from musicals, improv.

                                                                                                                                      You can even visit the Central Park zoo or jog around the reservoir. And when it's all said and done, you can go to Nirvana for Indian food and sit at a table overlooking the park @ night and sip lasse's with your honey.

                                                                                                                                      The park has value far beyond its real estate potential.

                                                                                                                                      Just sayin'

                                                                                                                                      [–]rockoman100 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                                      Only time I've ever seen central park was in Crysis 2. I guess this place is real...

                                                                                                                                      [–]BlorfMonger 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                      How rich do you have to be to get a boat out into that lake?

                                                                                                                                      [–]chadcf 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                                                      You need about $12 an hour to do so. So, um, not very rich. I don't believe they allow personal watercraft though, so if you're rich and want to take your yacht for a spin in central park you are out of luck.

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                                                                                                                                        [–]JHoward777 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                        I think that looks awesome! :D Now do you know what else of aerial photography is awesome? This youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76F7XE1_BGU when you watch it, prepare to have your mind blown. The song in the video is by Clams Casino and it's called "I'm God"

                                                                                                                                        [–]JustPassingMyGas 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                                        This must be a few years old, I can't see the huge WTC tower 1 downtown.

                                                                                                                                        [–]middlefingerboss 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                        This is just a screenshot from the Spider-Man 2 video game

                                                                                                                                        [–]TunaFied 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                                        Nice try, SimCity developers Maxis

                                                                                                                                        [–]Menderr 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                        Yay Olmsted

                                                                                                                                        [–]howmuchforthissquirr 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                        What's even crazier is that the peak of the Burj Khalifa in Abu Dhabi is 200 feet above where this picture is being taken..

                                                                                                                                        [–]transpire 42 points43 points ago

                                                                                                                                        And even crazier still, Wiz Khalifa is even higher than that!

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                                                                                                                                          [–]TheUndeadWalk 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Anyone else thought the thumbnail looks like some reptiles eye?

                                                                                                                                          [–]Joshua_a1989 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                          If you ever actually go to Central Park it is pretty interesting to see how people use it. You'll see loads of people hiding in some remote part of the park with headphones trying to ignore the fact that an entire stressful city is around them. I bet central park has prevented quite a lot of suicides.

                                                                                                                                          [–]K3MEST 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                          This is certainly higher up than 2,500 isn't it?

                                                                                                                                          [–]Matherl 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                          As someone who lives on the upper west side....

                                                                                                                                          I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM HERE =D

                                                                                                                                          [–]thomask11 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Having lived in the countryside of Holland I really want to live there for a year or so, just ad an experience. I'm verry curious about the life in NYC.

                                                                                                                                          Also, are those sand bunkers on the golf courses, or is that lava or something? It looks quite odd.

                                                                                                                                          [–]drinking4life 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Golden Gate Park

                                                                                                                                          [–]BetterDrinkMy0wnPiss 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          I find it amazing that in one of the most densely populated and most expensive cities in the world, such a huge piece of land right in the heart of the city is set aside for a park. That land would be worth billions in property value, but it's worth more like this.

                                                                                                                                          [–]ShoMeUrNoobs 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                          As Spider-Man, I see no big deal in web zipping across this.

                                                                                                                                          [–]shawtyhowudoing 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                          The only reason I recognize this is because of GTA

                                                                                                                                          [–]irish95 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                          reminds of the view when i do the helicopter jump in GTA

                                                                                                                                          [–]skham360 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                          what were you doing at 2500 feet

                                                                                                                                          [–]somecrazydude13 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                                          I thought it was GTA 4 liberty city.

                                                                                                                                          [–]beatriceboxcar 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                                                                          I used to work there. It was a pretty surreal experience.

                                                                                                                                          [–]fromman003 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Thanks for the new background!

                                                                                                                                          [–]ElectroFrosty 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          I always wondered why it was called "Central Park" now I know.

                                                                                                                                          [–]SunChipsSombrero 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          I can see my apartment!

                                                                                                                                          [–]pedalhead666 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          TIL the earth is round

                                                                                                                                          [–]jgreenz 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Fake. Central park has the Colbert C lake in the middle of it.

                                                                                                                                          [–]JoshuaJBaker 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                                          Fun fact. If the burj khalifa (Tallest building in the world) Was located in New York, it would reach 200 feet higher than from where this picture was taken. It is 2700 feet tall.

                                                                                                                                          [–]eagrbeavr 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          This spring I moved from the NYC area to San Diego and while I am so glad to be here and don't regret it for one second, this picture makes me miss NYC. Breathtaking.

                                                                                                                                          [–]RichardBelding 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                                          From this height, you can't even make out the homeless

                                                                                                                                          [–]akuzin 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                          I see my apartment!!! Yeah is that little 1/2 pixel all the way in the top left corner by the Queensborough (Ed Koch?) Bridge!

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