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In this video, we are walking across the Mall, one of several beautiful places to know and see from Central Park, in upper Manhattan, New York. This video was taken the last summer before the pandemic that is changing the world and our way of live in many ways. Nevertheless, I highly advise you to visit this particular place at an time, whenever you can. For sure you will reload your soul full of positive energy and love.

The Mall is the only straight line deliberate in Central Park's design, and among its most photographed spots. This quarter-mile promenade is flanked by towering American elm trees. At the Mall’s northern end stands Bethesda Terrace, overlooking the Lake. The southern end features statues of famous writers, earning the promenade its nickname, “Literary Walk.” A stroll along the Mall can be a transcendent experience, precisely what Olmsted and Vaux envisioned for the Park’s only formal promenade. The elegant path is surrounded by North America’s largest remaining stand of American elms, whose interlocking branches create a stained-glass effect as sunlight trickles to the ground. The Conservancy works to protect these living treasures by monitoring the trees throughout the year for Dutch elm disease, The promenade was also a focal point of Central Park’s democratic experiment. Many doubted whether people of different races, religions, ethnicities, and socio-economic groups would commingle in a public space; magnetic gathering spots like the Mall proved them wrong. Literary-minded visitors will delight in the Mall as much as the horticultural lovers. Literary Walk’s statues immortalize four prominent writers: English playwright William Shakespeare, Scottish poet Robert Burns, his compatriot, Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott, and Fitz-Greene Halleck (the Park’s first statue of an American). A fifth statue honoring Christopher Columbus stands nearby. When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park, they envisioned a formal promenade as one of the Park’s most important features. The only straight line in the Park, the Mall is lined with rows of American elm trees, displaying one of the largest and last remaining stands of American elms in North America. The trees create a canopy above the pedestrian walkway. This design was intended to rival the famous gothic cathedrals of Europe and evoke feelings akin to a religious experience for those walking down the path. The Mall culminates at Bethesda Terrace, which is considered the heart of Central Park. On the Terrace’s piers, ramps, and balustrades, you’ll notice elaborate carvings that represent time and the four seasons. Down the steps is the arcade, an atmospheric space underneath the Terrace, which was originally conceived as an open-air reception hall. Its highlight is the magnificent Minton tile ceiling, which the Conservancy restored in the 1980s. Finally, walk out to the main plaza and take in the bronze statue, Angel of the Waters, a symbol of purity and healing. Rising from the center of Bethesda Terrace is Bethesda Fountain and its crowning glory: the Angel of the Waters sculpture. At 26 feet high and 96 feet in diameter, this fountain is one of the largest in the City. Created by sculptor Emma Stebbins, it commemorates the 1842 opening of the Croton Aqueduct, which brought fresh water from Westchester County into New York City and ended the cholera epidemic. Spanning 20 acres, the Lake is Central Park's largest man-made body of water—and the site of an enduring tradition At the heart of Central Park is Bethesda Terrace, the Park’s singular formal feature. In addition to the landmark Bethesda Fountain at its center, Bethesda Terrace offers a stunning vista across the Lake to the edge of the Ramble. Rowboats launch from the Loeb Boathouse on an opposite bank. The view has barely strayed from Olmsted and Vaux’s original plan for the Park in the 1850s. They described Bethesda Terrace as an “open air hall of reception,” a structure subordinate to the landscape: "Nature first, second, and third—architecture after a while." Angel of the Waters—the City’s first major piece of public art commissioned from a woman—references the gospel of John, which describes an angel blessing the Pool of Bethesda and giving it healing powers. Central Park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux imagined the Lake as a place for ice skating in the winter Intricate carvings on the Terrace’s ramps, balustrades, and piers center on themes of nature, art, science, and love; they are true works of public art. But some of the Terrace’s most stunning craftsmanship remains relatively hidden from plain view, tucked away in the Arcade. Bethesda Terrace offers a stunning vista across the Lake to the edge of the Ramble.

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