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Central Park welcomes new pool and ice-skating rink as part of major renovation
When was the last time you heard about a spanking new facility in Central Park? And this time it is happening in Harlem. New ...
Central Park’s long-bypassed northern tip begins exciting new era with debut of $160M rec center — and a new pool to come
New Yorkers will soon have a new pool to splash around in come summer — and, in the winter, a new rink for ice skating. There ...
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Central Park's north end now has a brand new rec center and pool
A historically neglected area of Central Park now has a new recreation center complete with a massive public swimming pool ...
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Central Park opens stunning year-round rec center that seamlessly connects to the landscape
The $160 million Davis Center at the Harlem Meer in Central Park is a year-round facility integrated into the historic ...
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NYC's Central Park hosts ribbon cutting for new Davis Center at the Harlem Meer
A ribbon cutting was held Friday for a brand new community center located at Central Park's northeastern-most ... In the winter, it will transform into a skating rink. The center also features ...
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A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
During the 1980s, the city sold concessions for its skating rinks in Central Park to the Trump Organization, and Lasker’s rink gradually became less and less a place for community skating and ...
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Central Park’s New Davis Center: In Line With the Landscape
Those that produced Central Park’s Lasker Pool and Skating Rink, which opened in 1966, were unquestionably idealistic: to give the neglected north end of the park a recreation facility ...