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whether youve seen it or not, this picture is amazing. its incredible what we're capable of building. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]B1Gsportsfan 138 points139 points ago

It's hard to realize how big Central Park really is...

[–]CerpinTaxes 33 points34 points ago

A small asian guy just waltzed right up to me asking if I could sell him any weed last time I was in that park.

Where else would somebody do that?

And why did he think I was a drug dealer?

To this day I wonder if he was a cop.

[–]alexander_the_grate 19 points20 points ago

Are you brown?

[–]CerpinTaxes 23 points24 points ago

Pretty damn pale, although the word olive has been thrown around.

[–]AlphaCunt 24 points25 points ago

Fucking olives, coming to our country and taking our jobs.

[–]IndigoMichigan 17 points18 points ago

d..dey tuk yer jerb?

[–]thankyoupayme 4 points5 points ago

JYOOOERB!!!

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    [–]scoder 5 points6 points ago

    Light green olive, though.

    [–]Cryptic0677 3 points4 points ago

    As a man with Irish descent, if anyone uses the word "olive" about your skin, you cannot then refer to yourself as "pretty damn pale."

    [–]bigdicksidekick 1 point2 points ago

    At Golden Gate park in San Francisco, people don't ask you FOR drugs, they ask you to BUY drugs from them. As soon as I entered the park I noticed that there were many homeless people and then as I kept walking I kept hearing people ask if I needed any buds. It was pretty surreal. There were people lighting up on a hill.

    [–]six_six_twelve 4 points5 points ago

    If he asked you, and specifically mentioned weed, then it probably wasn't a cop. They really want to just imply it and let you bring up the illegal words.

    [–]CerpinTaxes 6 points7 points ago

    I think his exact words were:

    "Heeey buddy! Have you got any graaaass I can buy? Ohhhh man it's such a beautiful day! I'm definitely gonna come back here tomorrow with some grass."

    Actually now that I think about it he was almost definitely a clueless highschooler trying to score for the first time.

    Why else would you be asking complete strangers in a park?

    [–]CuntSlugs 2 points3 points ago

    What? Was it Kim Jong Un? How can anyone talk like that in 2012 who doesn't live in north Korea?

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        [–]Kela3000 5 points6 points ago

        Bigger than the Vatican and Monaco combined, actually. Countries that are a piazza and a promenade, respectively, but still. Entire countries!

        [–]qbxk 3 points4 points ago

        so a piazza and a promenade walk into a bar....

        [–]random314 6 points7 points ago

        It is when you run that damn thing every day. I know every square foot of the outer loop.

        [–]AndrewElmore 12 points13 points ago

        I just finished Crysis 2, I can confirm that none of that is still standing.

        [–]dave_casa 2 points3 points ago

        It helps that the camera is at one end of the park, making it fill up most of the image (beyond the end actually, probably up around 120th from a helicopter). Battery Park to 59th is about 5 km, and the park is only 3. It's also about 1/4 the width of Manhattan at that point.

        [–]mainsworth 5 points6 points ago

        As a Texan I laugh at your example of big.

        [–]TemplesOfSyrinx 13 points14 points ago

        As a Canadian, I laugh at the idea of Texas being "big".

        [–]mainsworth 8 points9 points ago

        Sorry, can't hear you over DAVY CROCKETT.

        [–]MrAmishJoe 3 points4 points ago

        He was talking about Texans women's hair. It's pretty fucking big.

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          [–]ellji -2 points-1 points ago

          Eh, it's not that big.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park,_Western_Australia

          [–]a_modest_proposal 42 points43 points ago

          When you consider Central Park is entirely man made it's becomes even more impressive.

          [–]zach84 3 points4 points ago

          Good point.

          [–]zirfeld -1 points0 points ago

          Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany. Still bigger than Central Park

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          [–]Ijustneedonemoretry 0 points1 point ago

          First of all why would they dig a grave for sombody that they hate and the other thing is most of the kill camps were in fact in poland.

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            [–]six_six_twelve 17 points18 points ago

            When someone calls Central Park big, they mean that it's big considering it's smack in the middle of a city that holds almost as many people as all of Australia.

            [–]RyanJSuto 15 points16 points ago

            The impressiveness of Central Park, for me, is its value. It has been estimated to be worth $528,783,552,000 (2005 Miller Samuel estimate). That's more than the GDP of Switzerland, which has the 19th highest GDP in the world (2010 UN estimate).

            EDIT: Cleaned up.

            [–]in_the_woods 5 points6 points ago

            You missed a chance to do the whole "you call that a park?.... THAT's a park" bit.

            [–]onebadassmofo 4 points5 points ago

            "That's not a knife. THIS is a knife."

            [–]borbus 2 points3 points ago

            Richmond Park in London is more than twice as big again.

            Central Park is still big, though. Bigger than Hyde Park, and Hyde Park is big.

            [–]TracerBurnout 1 point2 points ago

            I've been there. Pretty F'n awesome. That big park by the Sydney Opera House is pretty boss as well.

            [–]smokeyjoe223 2 points3 points ago

            I've found that you get downvoted when you try to one up Central Park. I know that feel man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wascana_Centre

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                [–]angrymonkey 174 points175 points ago

                This human hive is at a very advanced stage, it's going to cost you a lot to remove.

                [–]feureau 27 points28 points ago

                Can we just strip the Ozone layer and let them cook to death?

                [–]m3nace 17 points18 points ago

                No. Just wait a few years and they'll remove themselves, covering the surface of it with a nice thin layer of radiation, giving it that extra sparkle.

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                  [–]mogifax 63 points64 points ago

                  As a project manager in a large IT company, whenever I compare the end result of my quarter with that of my friend's who works construction, I become sad. I spent last 3 months trying to get our IT folks in India to add 4 fields to a table, arguing about it with the business, documenting/re-documenting, and regression-testing to see what other shit those 4 fields will break. He erected custom-built structures in which people will live for decades, raise children, and call them home. Even more impressively, people in New York built fucking skyscrapers around a massive fucking urban park.

                  I need a more fulfilling job.

                  [–]darthabraham 19 points20 points ago

                  Actually ... To your point about building skyscrapers around the park ... What's kind of amazing about Central Park is that it originally wasn't there. The city had to demolish what was a whole swath of developed land to create it.

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park#History

                  [–]DrMonocle 42 points43 points ago

                  Sounds more like you're at the wrong company than in the wrong industry.

                  [–]ConkersPlayer 8 points9 points ago

                  The title should be what a few of us are capable of. For years i thought id stop constructing when i graduated, but there's something about building houses where people live, churches where people gather, and hospitals where childrens lives are saved that gives you that feeling where you know you are a man. And nobody can take that away from you.

                  [–]titty-fucker 7 points8 points ago

                  I get that feeling every time I pee standing up.

                  [–]orsr 4 points5 points ago

                  That's why I left administration and found a job in production. Being able to see/feel/touch the results of my work is far a better morale booster for me than my higher salary while working in administration.

                  [–]maxxusflamus 3 points4 points ago

                  in all fairness- construction has matured over centuries while IT remains rather young.

                  Construction codes are thick with rules and laws that have been developed over time. So long as you meet those guidelines, and you build to your customer's demands, building big things is faster.

                  IT tends to lack that kind of rigidity and more often than not- resists that kind of rigidity. More often than not- teams are constantly re-inventing the wheel everytime they start a new project.

                  [–]MikeKTT 2 points3 points ago

                  Other way round for me. Trained as an electrician but much prefer to relax and strain my brain to create something interactive and interesting than crawl around under floors and in attics dragging wires around and screwing connection terminals all day.

                  I did love the aspect of being somewhere new every day, but the physical effort, and things like asbestos just killed it for me. Officeville baby.

                  Also, as an electrician I was very aware of my earning limits aside from building my own business and taking on all the effort that is involved with that. Developing software and working on my own projects still surprises me when I get a bit of a windfall and there's always the possibility of a runaway success.

                  [–]patssle 2 points3 points ago

                  Find hobbies where the end result is something to be proud of and keeps you busy doing something that isn't in front of a computer. I bought a classic car for less than $5000 and that feeling I had when I tore off the fuel injection to install carburetors and the car started up the first time - there's really nothing like it. Previously I was just a computer geek that knew nothing about cars.

                  [–]emperorOfTheUniverse 1 point2 points ago

                  Have some perspective.

                  Construction, while truly remarkable, has existed for centuries. It was around before the industrial revolution even. It's a fine skill, and we need it as a society no doubt. But as far as advancing society, it has pretty much peaked. We need structures, we design them, and then we build them. Then people use them. Roof over people's heads with controlled climates. That need has been served.

                  Now, people like us (I work in IT too, doing similar things to what you described) deal in information. Sure some of the crap we build is just serving up information to a small group of people in a business to help them facilitate operations or if we're lucky something that is visible/useful to the whole world wide web. But we're a part of the information age. Collecting data and distributing so that people can make informed decisions. Sharing information far and wide, spreading knowledge and making it available to anyone. The spread of ideas and knowledge is what has separated us from the rest of the animals and put us on top. As we improve this with the internet, as a society we will advance further and faster than ever before.

                  That's the power of the information age, and we are a part of it. It's really pretty exciting when you think about it.

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                    [–]wellunder9000 11 points12 points ago

                    Every Protected spawn on every minecraft server...

                    [–]wiozan 7 points8 points ago

                    I tought there was a giant C in that park... Damn you Colbert!

                    [–]cockpitatheist 1 point2 points ago

                    I've posted a similar comment on a picture of central park before with only mild success. Have an upvote for the attempt. :)

                    [–]Zirbs 26 points27 points ago

                    As a pretentious urban planner: I'm more amazed at what we're capable of NOT building in the park. They either have the best ways to fight temptation or the worst bureaucracy.

                    [–]akuzin 16 points17 points ago

                    Neither - I managed construction (a police station) in Central Park. There are two organizations that govern what can be built inside the park and that is Central Park Conservancy and Landmark Dep. they literally answer to nobody as Landmarks does get funded by Mayor's office but majority of funding for CP Conservancy is private this is a much needed layer of protection between developers and city needs. Inside the building we had state of the art security systems but the outside looked like 1800's horse stable.

                    [–]CatholicGuy 4 points5 points ago

                    Is this what you built?

                    [–]akuzin 7 points8 points ago

                    Hahaha - that is temp building that we built to house NYPD for the duration of the project. My field office is to the right. This what is looks like on the inside and this from the outside.

                    [–]CatholicGuy 3 points4 points ago

                    Wow, that looks amazing. Good job!

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                        [–]FyreWulff 3 points4 points ago

                        When Omaha was have a budget showdown a few years ago, we got to talk to the Parks Director (they had the director/lead of every department show up to the meeting to talk to them about their budget). He told us in no uncertain terms that without the law protecting parks in the city from being developed, we'd lose the vast majority of the parks overnight since they're sitting on prime land.

                        [–]RedditorFor5Minutes 8 points9 points ago

                        That's a good example of where the free market economy fails. It will destroy anything, in exchange for profit.

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                          [–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

                          what is that? liberty city?

                          [–]AeroRandy 20 points21 points ago

                          BEEEEEG AH-MAREECAN TIT-TEES!!!

                          [–]DevonWoodcomb 12 points13 points ago

                          It amazes me how quickly America was built.

                          [–]DoctorSteve 4 points5 points ago

                          500 years not enough?

                          [–]3danimator 10 points11 points ago

                          realistically, nothing much happened for the first few hundered. And even so, thats fast.

                          [–]DatAssociate 4 points5 points ago

                          i have this one

                          [–]Cocomunky 12 points13 points ago

                          This makes me want to play Prototype.

                          [–]topcity 14 points15 points ago

                          It makes me want to play Simcity.

                          [–]ThatAwesomePenguin 12 points13 points ago

                          Fuck you guys, Spiderman 2 all the way.

                          [–]Noumenon72 2 points3 points ago

                          Ultimate Spider-Man for me.

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                              [–]The_Emery_Affliction 2 points3 points ago

                              Yes... Throwing cars... driving tanks... Just causing pure terror...

                              Edit- mispelt throwing somehow.

                              [–]chemical_imbalance 1 point2 points ago

                              get platinum on that speed run challenge where you gotta glide around the park. then you'll be a man.

                              [–]Mooncinder 2 points3 points ago

                              Heheh! That was the first thing I thought when I saw this. It's funny, I never thought I'd like that game but it's so cathartic.

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                                [–]_kvl_ 3 points4 points ago

                                When looking at that my first thought was "i swung around that place in the Spider-man 2 game".

                                Brought back some very happy memories.

                                [–]titty-fucker 2 points3 points ago

                                Home alone 2 on SNES for me.

                                [–]topcity 5 points6 points ago

                                Living in the mid-west and never having been to NYC this really makes me want to drop what I'm doing a fly there this weekend. I can't imagine what a different world it is. I can drive 10-15 minutes in any direction and be in a place where you can't see a single person or building. Not saying one is better then the other, just so different.

                                [–]DaRtYLeiya 4 points5 points ago

                                To me, it actually feels bad. This picture shows the human need to control everything.

                                [–]chemical_imbalance 2 points3 points ago

                                they stole this from the map design of Prototype.

                                [–]Semajal 7 points8 points ago

                                Shot this from the Rockefeller centre the other week on my visit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/32568076@N06/7782403124/lightbox/ Was pretty pleased considering I only had a micro tripod with me to stabilise it. Real version is around 8600px wide.

                                [–]wx3 2 points3 points ago

                                I just got engaged with that in the background on Friday! nice pic

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                                  [–]JonesBee 3 points4 points ago

                                  I'm happy I live in a place that is just the opposite. Small patch of a city and then forest as far as your eyes can see.

                                  [–]daole 2 points3 points ago

                                  Fun fact: When Fredrick Law Olmsted designed the improvement for Central Park in 1858, he envisioned an idea that would take 50 years to grow into complete fruition. Although he was only 36 at the time he won the design competition, he would never live to see the park become what he initially planned for it to be.

                                  [–]zach84 1 point2 points ago

                                  This actually makes it clear just how small Manhattan actually is.

                                  [–]treelovinhippie 2 points3 points ago

                                  There's a lake in Central Park!? Do people swim/boat/canoe in it? (an ignorant Aussie)

                                  [–]DentistOfDetroit 2 points3 points ago

                                  Damn, I wish I was Spider-Man.

                                  [–]TheW0mbat 1 point2 points ago

                                  I'm a commercial construction project manager, and yes, I get chills when I ponder the amount of work to achieve this. Each building has it's own story, from concept, to design, to bidding, to building, to occupying. I've only done a hand full of interior remodels <$1M, so this type is stuff is big league. But yeah, shit's dank.

                                  [–]theGalaxyBird 1 point2 points ago

                                  It's incredible what civil engineers are capable of building. FTFY

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                                  [–]Enzemo 0 points1 point ago

                                  Psh, you were saying?

                                  [–]Twatamatic 1 point2 points ago

                                  You spelled destroy wrong.

                                  [–]Cryptic0677 1 point2 points ago

                                  I submit that this one is more amazing.

                                  [–]imyourgodnow 0 points1 point ago

                                  I wouldn't know how to live in a city that size. Too overwhelming

                                  [–]Toxic_Effect76 1 point2 points ago

                                  and how much we destroy

                                  [–]IsuspectJaundice 19 points20 points ago

                                  Its also incredible what we're capable of destroying

                                  [–]what_u_want_2_hear 2 points3 points ago

                                  its incredible what we're capable of building.

                                  YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT!

                                  [–]gazza995 2 points3 points ago

                                  It's also incredible what we're capable of destroying

                                  [–]AnarchoFascist 2 points3 points ago

                                  I shot down so many police helicopters from that library on the left there. Park two blackhawks on top of it, gear up with a friend fully loaded on assault rifles, handguns and uzis, swat van parked out back, and just hit every blackhawk that comes near out of the sky with the infinite rockets you get from the helicopters, and shoot the police cars if they build up in front of the library too much.

                                  Once you've got five stars, head down to the swat van, one man guns, the other man drives and guns, surviving as long as you can.

                                  [–]dave_casa 5 points6 points ago

                                  That's not a library, it's the Met.

                                  [–]AnarchoFascist 2 points3 points ago

                                  Ah, I never went inside, just camped out on the roof shooting down swat.

                                  [–]kaiseresc 2 points3 points ago

                                  man, just the other day I was running around, being chased by military, just because I was a motherfucking mutant on a vendetta. hmpf

                                  [–]The_Emery_Affliction 2 points3 points ago

                                  Same here. All I wanted was a disguise...

                                  [–]Ghost_Redditor 2 points3 points ago

                                  Too bad we don't know when to stop.

                                  [–]zonkedforlife 2 points3 points ago

                                  I think I can see Central Perk from that view

                                  [–]92camaro 2 points3 points ago

                                  TIL GTA IV is set in a city similar to new york

                                  Never thought I'd get such a response for not knowing something about a video game. Geez.

                                  [–]zephyy 3 points4 points ago

                                  all GTA games do that

                                  Liberty City - New York (GTA 3 and IV)

                                  Vice City - Miami (GTA: Vice city)

                                  Los Santos, San Fierro, Las Venturas - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas (GTA: SA and GTA V)

                                  [–]wckb 8 points9 points ago

                                  ...this is a joke right?

                                  [–]92camaro 14 points15 points ago

                                  1. I have never been to new york.
                                  2. This is the first time I've seen a picture of new york from above.
                                  3. They don't call it new york in the game.
                                    No, it is not a joke, i was simply not informed, and if that makes me stupid, then so be it.

                                  [–]qbxk 6 points7 points ago

                                  Liberty City. Statue of Liberty.

                                  Also, the Times Square intersection.

                                  [–]provokedcarp 5 points6 points ago

                                  It was pretty well known when the game was released. Like... anything that talked about the game at all mentioned it.

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                                  [–]CrayolaS7 2 points3 points ago

                                  "Liberty City", the statue, the bridges, the islands...

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                                    [–]orsr 0 points1 point ago

                                    I'm more of a fan of natural nature.

                                    [–]snocreature4life 13 points14 points ago

                                    I am with orsr, I live in Oregon and to me this Imgur is wayyy more preferable then central park.. Image is sunrise at crater lake.

                                    [–]orsr 3 points4 points ago

                                    That looks amazing.

                                    [–]jimbo64 2 points3 points ago

                                    I went to crater lake on holiday when I was younger. Waking up to this view with fresh snow and a fire at breakfast was so nice. One night someone out on the decking of the hotel had a big telescope and let us look at whatever planet was visible that night, and because there was no light pollution it was amazingly clear.

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                                      [–]W00DERS0N 8 points9 points ago

                                      Apples to Oranges, really. CP is a masterpiece of urban landscaping, created from the outset to provide elevations and sightlines that varied as you move around the park. It is literally almost 100% man made, with a few small naturally occuring elements left in place and developed around (like the ravine/stream at around 103rd).

                                      The outdoors in general is nice, but CP has convenience, accessibility, and acts as a great way to get the masses together. It's really an awesome place.

                                      And since it'll be a sunny day tomorrow, I do plan on hitting up the Sheep Meadow for some sightseeing.

                                      [–]borbus 4 points5 points ago

                                      Me too, give me unmanaged woodland and I'll stomp my own trail any day. But man-made parks/gardens can have their own kind of beauty.

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                                        [–]nateharmon9 0 points1 point ago

                                        Turn it 180 and then what do you see

                                        [–]MrDavPaz 0 points1 point ago

                                        A wall?

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                                          [–]bandit614 0 points1 point ago

                                          What's the building in the park?

                                          [–]He3nry 4 points5 points ago

                                          Assuming you mean the big one near the center of the photo, it's the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

                                          [–]Fudgemanners 0 points1 point ago

                                          you can tell why spider-man lives there.

                                          [–]WildCardSR 0 points1 point ago

                                          I know, that pool is huge!

                                          [–]deathdoll93 1 point2 points ago

                                          I just picture this the way it would look if the zombie apocalypse hit

                                          [–]TheBlankVerseKit 0 points1 point ago

                                          Looks pretty puny from up here

                                          [–]smells_like_gravy 0 points1 point ago

                                          Where can I download this Minecraft Mod?

                                          [–]NikeJacket 0 points1 point ago

                                          Damn, it really is a co concrete jungle

                                          [–]morbid126 1 point2 points ago

                                          It's the best fucking fortress ever. I just have to pick where I wanna put my flag when I take it over...

                                          [–]UMightHaveProblems 0 points1 point ago

                                          Just think, in just a couple of decades we will likely have the necessity to build over it. But in preservation of an icon, they will have it completely preserved under synthetic light, and a roof which creates the illusion of a clear day or night.

                                          I'll show myself back to my time machine.

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                                          [–]TheCouchWhisperer 0 points1 point ago

                                          My whole life i've wanted to go to New York, from the outside looking in it looks like the most amazing city in the world. This picture has reaffirmed my believe that this is so.

                                          [–]akanet 1 point2 points ago

                                          I would love a higher-res shot of this for a desktop BG, or a similarly good shot of NYC + central park. Anyone have anything at 2560x1600?

                                          [–]elehl -1 points0 points ago

                                          You say, "tomato", I say, "tomato".

                                          [–]ZEbbEDY 1 point2 points ago

                                          how safe is central park?

                                          seems to me like a magnet for weirdos and dodgy characters

                                          [–]RUSKULL 1 point2 points ago

                                          Was I the only one trying to find Dana Barrett's apartment?

                                          [–]LaboratoryManiac 1 point2 points ago

                                          Just think of all the dead bodies that have been found in that park...

                                          (Note: I have never been to New York, but watch a lot of crime dramas.)

                                          [–]DaTScientisT 0 points1 point ago

                                          I want to live there, right next to it. Oh man I want to jog around that lake every morning.

                                          [–]teefax 1 point2 points ago

                                          Having seen close to all big european cities, but never been to american, the thing that impress me most, is how most european cities seems to expand in area, where New York just builds upwards instead of sideways.

                                          Guess thats the big difference, between having close to a thousand years history, compared to the "very young" american cities.

                                          [–]Djakamoe 1 point2 points ago

                                          i can see my house from there!

                                          jk i live in chicago.

                                          [–]edolan227 0 points1 point ago

                                          Still amazing to me how visionary the zoning of central park was, given the density of NYC.

                                          [–]dhkx 1 point2 points ago

                                          I've always wondered, what is the place in the middle of the park with what seems like 6 yellow sand pits used for? They remind me of golf courses but surely that's not it.

                                          [–]badhatmat 1 point2 points ago

                                          New York is amazing. Would never want to live there, but so awesome to visit.

                                          [–]xXNickelbackRulezXx 0 points1 point ago

                                          Wait, where's the giant C in the middle?

                                          [–]wickedwonderful 0 points1 point ago

                                          My, Earth really is full of things!

                                          [–]goldy_locks -1 points0 points ago

                                          How terrible is it that I didn't know where/what that was until I started reading the comments?

                                          -Canadian

                                          [–]Skwuat 0 points1 point ago

                                          The crazy thing is that the small buildings by the edges of the park are at least a dozen floors themselves so that really put into perspective how immense Manhattan is.

                                          [–]niggertown 0 points1 point ago

                                          How much of it did you build?

                                          [–]AirshipAtamis 0 points1 point ago

                                          Everytime i see this park all i think about is how beautiful new york would of been without people.

                                          [–]Robstaley 0 points1 point ago

                                          what's the big black fucker on the back left that looks like the sears tower? cool building.

                                          [–]NBegovich -1 points0 points ago

                                          whether youve seen it or not

                                          Seen what? Manhattan? I'm confused.

                                          [–]icalledshotgun 0 points1 point ago

                                          Aaaaand saved as background

                                          [–]Malikir 1 point2 points ago

                                          Cool, but the real question is "Can you Build it in Minecraft".

                                          [–]Edje09 0 points1 point ago

                                          Just moved to Manhattan for a month. I love it here, and I can't wait to come back and live here for life!

                                          [–]Toodles1823 1 point2 points ago

                                          My entire town could fit in Central park. 1 and 1/3 times.

                                          [–]Keeronin -1 points0 points ago

                                          This makes me want to play Civ V again.

                                          [–]dentastic101 -1 points0 points ago

                                          Ahem

                                          http://1.1.1.4/bmi/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg/300px-All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg

                                          [–]pageround -1 points0 points ago

                                          Not bad, not bad. But let's build one on The Moon

                                          [–]frennimgz 0 points1 point ago

                                          Spiderman 2, what a good game

                                          [–]IAmA_Kitty_AMA 1 point2 points ago

                                          When was this taken? There's no new World Trade Center being built downtown.

                                          [–]RadicalAtheist 1 point2 points ago

                                          I wish all the rooftops had plants grown on top of them.

                                          [–]farkdog 1 point2 points ago

                                          The park area looks like the only part worth living in.

                                          [–]pkurk 0 points1 point ago

                                          The monkey hive.

                                          [–]justinsidebieber 0 points1 point ago

                                          I had no idea there is a lake in the middle of Central Park. What I am doing with my life...

                                          [–]Cadmium_Mellow -1 points0 points ago

                                          Is it bad that I only know this is new york from playing spiderman 2?

                                          [–]briang1339 0 points1 point ago

                                          You must construct additional pylons

                                          [–]halfkidding -1 points0 points ago

                                          First thing that came to my head was, "Someone is getting murdered in this picture. We just don't know it."

                                          [–]mestex 0 points1 point ago

                                          Anyone else just think about GTA IV when they see this pic?

                                          [–]madstebbs 0 points1 point ago

                                          i think the less developed bit in the middle is the most beautiful...

                                          [–]bvanman 1 point2 points ago

                                          Central Park is really one of the best parts of NYC. The fact that long ago, they set aside prime real-estate for a park and it's hasn't been disturbed to this day is a great thing.

                                          [–]onebluefield -1 points0 points ago

                                          I think the only amazing thing is that Central Park is the only green space in the photo frame. I would be more impressed by a single rooftop garden.

                                          [–]svmk1987 0 points1 point ago

                                          Those guys are very lucky to have that huge park in the middle of a crowded city.

                                          [–]Fluffy_Panda1729 -1 points0 points ago

                                          There was no golf park in the central park in GTA IV....

                                          [–]Hup234 0 points1 point ago

                                          It's not evident from the photo but much of Central Park is paved with walkways, jogging tracks, and such. And a cyclist desperate to take a piss will find absolutely nowhere to go that isn't out of sight of other people.

                                          [–]graee 0 points1 point ago

                                          What really dazzles me is all the functional stuff underground that really makes all that tick; sewer systems, drainage systems, water lines, power lines, phone lines, spiders.

                                          And having it built in such a way that it is somehow accessible for repair and maintenance.

                                          [–]throw_away_your_TV 0 points1 point ago

                                          That's a lot of people pooping in once compact spot.

                                          [–]Galamap24 -1 points0 points ago

                                          It just looks like the earth is infected with some sort of grey bacteria. I could never be happy in a crowded city packed with buildings I don't think.

                                          [–]SpelingChampion -1 points0 points ago

                                          Tumors have some amazing growth abilities as well.

                                          [–]hotairraccoon 0 points1 point ago

                                          Or is it incredible what we're humble enough not to build. this picture seems to speak to that as well.

                                          [–]aspireS 0 points1 point ago

                                          I'm curios, is the park safe to have a night walk and so?

                                          [–]Jejoisland 0 points1 point ago

                                          /sustaining

                                          [–]Lucky137 0 points1 point ago

                                          This where they dump all the bodies in Law & Order, right?

                                          Pardon my ignorance - I've never been to New York.

                                          [–]DecryptedGaming -1 points0 points ago

                                          A metropolis of overpopulation and homelessness? Simply incredible. /sarcasm

                                          [–]Waldinian 0 points1 point ago

                                          My building is 1 block outside of the picture :c

                                          [–]MisterReporter 0 points1 point ago

                                          And yet it's incredible how incredibly lonely one can be in a city like New York, among the tall buildings and the hordes of people walking by, looking right through you.

                                          [–]narcolepsyinc 0 points1 point ago

                                          "No other animal on Earth could do this. Maybe beavers. ..But not like this." - Dwight Shrute

                                          [–]kwirl 0 points1 point ago

                                          Is that Romney's back yard?

                                          [–]wolfman975 0 points1 point ago

                                          just to point it out, I can see my house from that point of view.

                                          [–]vVvReseT 0 points1 point ago

                                          NYC is beautiful...

                                          [–]strik3r2k8 0 points1 point ago

                                          As an Angelino, I realize how much of a midget my city is. You New Yorkers have it good. And before you mention our weather, heat year around is overrated..

                                          [–]Tiggymartin 1 point2 points ago

                                          So much wasted building potential...

                                          [–]dwent 1 point2 points ago

                                          Whether you've seen it or not, THIS picture is amazing. It's incredible what we're capable of destroying.

                                          [–]JaegerCat 0 points1 point ago

                                          meh.

                                          [–]esquire_ 0 points1 point ago

                                          looks like a skin graph surrounded by cancer.

                                          [–]Garol 0 points1 point ago

                                          This looks like it's from GTA IV. Am I the only one?

                                          [–]travisthegr8 0 points1 point ago

                                          It looks like we've built an infection

                                          [–]summitrock 0 points1 point ago

                                          I can see my house. Err apartment.

                                          [–]AhoffNYC 0 points1 point ago

                                          I can see my house from there!

                                          [–]bh65 0 points1 point ago

                                          Looks from atop 30 rock

                                          [–]wojovox 1 point2 points ago

                                          Every time I go into the city, I'm amazed. I can only describe seeing it like seeing the grand canyon. Your mind has trouble comprehending it. The towers just go on seemingly forever.

                                          [–]ArsenicAcid 1 point2 points ago

                                          Looks more like planetary destruction.

                                          [–]sertigo 0 points1 point ago

                                          Now i'm sad knowing i'll never get the money to get that view. :(

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