Central Park West (near W 72nd St)
New York, NY 10023
212-310-6600
Central Park West (near W 72nd St)
New York, NY 10023
212-310-6600
The main summarizations of our organisation are listed below of what we actively promote and work towards too. 1) Conservation preservation 2) Biodiversity management and awareness 3) Species conservation protection 4) Environmental sustainability and education 5) Pollution management and climate research 6) Forestry plant back and botanical preservation 7) Anti-poaching enforcement and awareness 8) Promoting healthy eating 9) International rescue 10) Community relations 11) Youth environmental education and awareness Youth environmental education and awareness what this “sector” of the organisation undertakes and this page is specifically for YOUTH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.
Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City's Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatle John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever" written by Lennon. __notoc__DescriptionDesignThe Central Park memorial was designed by Bruce Kelly, the chief landscape architect for the Central Park Conservancy. Strawberry Fields was dedicated on what would have been Lennon's 45th birthday, October 9, 1985, by New York Mayor Ed Koch and Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, who had underwritten the project. The entrance to the memorial is located on Central Park West at West 72nd Street, directly across from the Dakota Apartments, where Lennon had lived for the latter part of his life, and where he was murdered in 1980. The memorial is a triangular piece of land falling away on the two sides of the park, and its focal point is a circular pathway mosaic of inlaid stones, with a single word, the title of Lennon's famous song: "Imagine". This was a gift from the city of Naples, Italy. Along the borders of the area surrounding the mosaic are benches which are endowed in memory of other individuals and maintained by the Central Park Conservancy. Along a path toward the southeast, a plaque on a low glaciated outcropping of schist lists the nations which contributed to building the memorial. Yoko Ono, who still lives in The Dakota, contributed over a million dollars for the landscaping and the upkeep endowment.
Strawberry Fields ist eine Gedenkstätte im New Yorker Central Park.Nach John Lennons Tod gestaltete Yoko Ono einen kleinen Bereich im Central Park, der ihm gewidmet und nach seinem Lied Strawberry Fields Forever benannt ist. Er befindet sich im Central Park West nahe der Eighth Avenue auf Höhe der West 72nd Street, unweit des Dakota Buildings, in dem Lennon und Ono lebten und vor dem John Lennon am 8. Dezember 1980 einem Attentat zum Opfer fiel. Die Einweihung fand am 9. Oktober 1985 statt, Lennon wäre an diesem Tag 45 Jahre alt geworden. Besonderes Merkmal der Strawberry Fields ist das von Yoko Ono gestaltete und von italienischen Handwerkern ausgeführte kreisrunde Mosaik aus schwarzen und weißen Steinchen. In dessen Zentrum ist in Anlehnung an Lennons vielleicht berühmtesten Titel Imagine zu lesen. Jedes Jahr an seinem Todestag versammeln sich dort Menschen, um seiner zu gedenken. Anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags wurde dort am 9. Oktober 2010 eine Plakette aus Bronze im Boden eingeweiht, auf der die Namen der 121 Staaten verzeichnet sind, die 1985 die Idee der Gedenkstätte im Namen des Friedens unterstützten.
72nd Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.Station layoutThis underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two levels, each of which has from west to east, one side platform, one local track and one express track. Northbound trains stop on the upper level while southbound trains stop on the lower level.Both platforms have name tablets reading "72ND ST." in white sans serif lettering on a blue background and black border and small "72" signs in white numbering on a black background at regular intervals. Directional signs in white lettering on a black background are below the name tablets. Mosaic signs in white lettering on a blue background on the upper level direct passengers to the staircases going down to the lower level.This station's main fare control area is at the north end. Two staircases from the lower level go up to the upper level, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either western corners of 72nd Street and Central Park West. The northwest staircase, outside the Dakota apartment building, is made of stone.
The Majestic is a twin-towered housing cooperative skyscraper located at 115 Central Park West between 71st Street and 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The steel framed building was constructed in 1930-1931 and designed in the Art Deco style by architect and real estate developer Irwin S. Chanin with the assistance of his French associate, Jacques Delamarre. The futuristic sculptures on the building's facade are by Rene Chambellan.The building was originally planned to be a 45 story hotel, but the plans were changed midway through construction due to the Great Depression and the passing of the Multiple Dwelling Act, which restricted a building's height immediately above the street, but allowed tall towers if the property was sufficiently large. The Majestic replaced the Hotel Majestic, designed by Alfred Zucker in 1894 at the same site, which had been home to Gustav Mahler and Edna Ferber, among others.The Majestic has 238 apartments in 29 stories, and is one of four buildings on Central Park West which feature two towers, the others being: The San Remo, The Century - also designed and built by Chanin - and The Eldorado.
The Dakota is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was built in 1880–1884 and is considered to be one of Manhattan's most prestigious and exclusive cooperative residential buildings, with apartments generally selling for between $4 million and $30 million. The Dakota is famous as the home of former Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to his death outside the building in 1980.HistoryThe Dakota was constructed between October 25, 1880, and October 27, 1884. The architectural firm of Henry Janeway Hardenbergh was commissioned to create the design for Edward Clark, head of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The firm also designed the Plaza Hotel.The Dakota was purportedly so named because at the time of construction, the Upper West Side was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote in relation to the inhabited area of Manhattan as the Dakota Territory was. However, the earliest recorded appearance of this account is in a 1933 newspaper interview with the Dakota's long-time manager, quoted in Christopher Gray's book New York Streetscapes: "Probably it was called 'Dakota' because it was so far west and so far north". According to Gray, it is more likely that the building was named the Dakota because of Clark's fondness for the names of the new western states and territories.