Manhattan: Central Park

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Central Park is a large public, urban park that occupies over a square mile (341 hectares, or 843 acres) in the heart of Manhattan in New York City. It is host to approximately twenty-five million visitors each year. Central Park was opened in 1859, completed in 1873 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963.

The park was designed by the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and the architect Calvert Vaux. While much of the park looks natural, it is in fact almost entirely landscaped. It contains several natural-looking lakes and ponds, extensive walking tracks, two ice-skating rinks (one of which is a swimming pool in July and August), the Central Park Zoo, the Central Park Conservatory Garden, a wildlife sanctuary, a large area of natural woods, a reservoir with an encircling running track, and the outdoor Delacorte Theater which hosts the "Shakespeare in the Park" summer festivals.


Reports: Gunfire has been heard from the park on occassion though investigation by local law enforcement has led to no clues as the origin of the gunfire. A body of a local known weapons dealer was found dead, it was determined he was shot in a deal gone wrong.


OOC: A werewolf pack actually claims the park as their territory.

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