Have You Ever Visted Central Park in New York City?

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Central Park is located in Manhattan, New York City. It is an urban park and was established in 1857. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1962. A couple things that I found particularly interesting is that the first section of the park was opened in the winter of 1858, BEFORE the Civil War began in 1861, but construction continued all through the Civil War and the park was expanded from its original 778 acres to its current size of 843 acres. This urban park is the most visited in the USA, by millions of people every year and its one of the most filmed locations on Earth. Another very interesting piece of information concerns the starling, a bird from Europe that was introduced into Central Park in 1891. This bird, by 1940, had spread as far south as Florida and even into Canada and as far west as California. Evidently, they displace other birds, competing more successfully for nest-holes. I always thought that the starling was an American bird, until I read this information about Central Park.