MentalFloss.Com posted that Central Park is the third favorite tourist attraction in New York City. In their article it posts 10 facts about Central Park.
Did you know that Central Park covers approximately 2.5 miles, and receives around 42 million visitors per year. That Central Park was Americas first landscaped public park. A design contest was held in 1858 and the park originally only went up to 106th street.
The large bolders that you see in Central Park were created by glaciers that melted away over 12,000 years ago. 20,000 laborers were used in the construction of the park. They used more gunpowder to rid Central Park of unwanted rocks than soldiers used while fighting the Battle of Gettysburg.
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