THE WORLD OF PARKS

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THE WORLD OF PARKS!

• Bringing you such marvels as
  Millennium Park
  Central Park
• Battery Park
• Golden Gate Parks
• Hyde Park and
  Stanley Park

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MILLENIUM PARK

• Overall is a showcase for modern architecture
• Pritzker pavilion is a band shell designed by
  world-famous architect Frank Gehry
• Pavilion is home to many famous musical
  performances
• The cloud gate, also more commonly called the
  bean due to its beanish qualities, is a 23
  million work of artist Anish Kapoor

• The highly polished steel structure reflects the
  sky, the city, and the tourists viewing it, all
  at different angles.
• The last marvel to be mentioned about millennium
  park is Crown Fountain, designed by Jaume Plenza.
  
• The fountains are two 50-ft towers that display
  over 1000 faces of Chicagoans, while water
  distastefully sprays from the faces mouths.

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Central Park

• Created in 1853 by Frederick Calvert Vaux and
  Andrew Green along with Frederick Law Olmsted.
• Created due to the peoples need for wide, open
  spaces as population quadrupled.
• Although the park has been through many troubles,
  and came close to being destroyed by the city
  many times, it still stands today as New Yorks
  most famous park.
• Now, it includes many sculptures such as a statue
  of Christopher Columbus, John Quincy Adams Ward,
  and the sled dog Balto.
• Also, nowadays, many open-aired theater
  productions are broadcasted for the public.
  Usually these are Shakespearian plays.

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Battery Park

• Space for the park was created by landfill in the
  1800s, the space was never actually designed.
• In December of 2005, builders working on a
  Subway station in Battery Park found the remains
  of a 200 year old wall.
• Corresponding to New York, Leonard Bernstein
  would say and the Batterys down, as it is
  located at the Southern tip of Manhattan.

• Just After 9/11, Fritz Cohens The Sphere was
  moved from just outside the World Trade Center to
  Battery Park.
• Joined with an eternal flame, The Sphere is
  meant to be a memorial for the victims of 9/11.

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Golden Gate Park

• This extremely large park is obviously, found in
  San Francisco, California.
• To get through all of this huge park, one would
  have to work their way through a Japanese Tea
  Garden, Music Concourse Area, the De Young
  Museum, an Academy of Sciences, the Strybing
  Arboretum, an AIDS memorial grove, Stows Lake,
  Spreckels Lake, a Conservatory of Flowers, Kezar
  Stadium, JFK drive, and walk around a small herd
  of Bison!
• Among the most popular things to see at the park
  is the Japanese Tea Garden and AIDS memorial
  grove, which is the only national AIDS monument.

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Hyde Park

• Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in London,
  England, and is one of the royal parks of London.
• The grand entrance to Hyde Park is humorously
  called the grand entrance, which includes
  entrance archways and lonic columns.
• Who is Hyde Park named after?it is said in the
  novel The League of Extraordinary Gentleman that
  the park is named after none other than Edward
  Hyde, the alter ego of mild-mannered Henry
  Jekyll.
• Other sites of interest in the park include a
  monument of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a
  speakers corner, where many speeches are
  delivered.

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Stanley Park

• Stanley Park was named after Lord Stanley, the
  governor of Canada at the time.
• The park includes a vast seawall, where tourists
  and Canadians can walk, bike, or roller skate
  along some of the most famous of Canadas
  waterways.
• A miniature railway carries paying customers
  along a 15 minute journey through Stanley Park
  zoo, which is conveniently located in Stanley
  Park.
• Two Spirits sculpture, which is basically a legal
  representation of Copenhagen in Denmark, is
  included in the park. The sculpture includes
  minor changes to Copenhagen, mainly to avoid all
  law suits.

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REFERENCES

• Wikipedia
• http//www.millenniumpark.org/
• http//www.centralpark.org/
• http//www.ramblers.org.uk/INFO/parks/royalparks.h
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