Hi friends, welcome back! We recently had a beautiful 70-degree, spring day and I knew I had to take full advantage of it. My plan was to see the blooms and cherry blossoms in the northern half of the park, but it was such a perfect day, so I ended up walking the whole park. I also only planned on one post, but it’s too hard for me to narrow down pictures. Part one will feature pictures from the northern half of the park from 110th Street to 86th Street. I took the 2/3 subway to 110th Street and the station is right across from the northern most entrance of Central Park. Behind Harlem Meer Lake they are still doing construction on a rink, large pool, splash pad, and community building. The project started in September 2021, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be done anytime soon.
I was bummed to see one of my favorite parts of Central Park under construction. Per the website, “The North (French-style) Garden, allées in the Center (Italianate) Garden, and pergola in the Center (Italianate) Garden are currently closed to accommodate our ongoing restoration of the Conservatory Garden. The restoration of the South (English-style) Garden is complete, and the space is open to the public”
The website also has this cool picture of the area from 1937 when this part of the park was created.
I was a little early in the season for the South Garden, they were in the middle of planting, but it was still beautiful!
I’m so glad they take such good care of Central Park.
Moving south I noticed how green everything looked from all the rain these past few months.
As I got closer to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir the amount of cherry blossoms started increasing.
I always love the reflections on the reservoir.
The path along the reservoir has the prettiest canopy of cherry blossoms.
Hope you enjoyed part one, stay tuned for part two!