Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Disaster in Central Park




These three pictures graphically portray the damage to the Park in a ferocious microburst thunderstorm late in the evening of August 18. For all Park lovers, it was a tragedy, and a sharply defined one -- everything below 90th Street was completely untouched. Above that? The Parks Commissioner called it the worst damage he's seen in 30 years connected with the Park. I work as a tour guide volunteer for the Central Park Conservancy and will also be manning membership and donation tables this week. One can also donate at the Conservancy site. If you have ever been in the Park or look forward to the day when you first set foot in the Park, please consider a donation.

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