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Great Lawn

Great Lawn
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain

At the center of Central Park, the Great Lawn is a large clearing with lawns and ballfields, perfect for ballgames, sunbathing, and picnicking. Just to the east of the Lawn is the Obelisk, a 71-foot tall structure which is the oldest man-made object in the park, having been erected in Heliopolis, Egypt, around 1500 BC.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Manhattan/Central Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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