Central Park Airport

"Goodbye Central Park, Hello Manhattan Airport" The Manhattan Airport Foundation is planning the redevelopment of Central Park into the world's first carbon negative airport. The park they believe has been left undeveloped for so many years that many have forgotten it's still there. The 150+ year old Central Park serves as a symbol to New York and model to mega-cities around the world. Obviously this plan to redesign the park into an airport is just a joke, but it does bring me to wonder could we ever imagine a New York without a Central Park? The beauty of the city is its ability to crowd, overwhelm, and rush you at one point, then relax, freeze time, and captivate you the very next. With its green roofs, pocket parks, secret spaces, public squares, and High Line, New York provides numerous opportunities for sanctuary. Then there is Central Park which completes the balance and serving as the ultimate match to all the form, structure, complexity, and power found within the skyscrapers and concrete forest. A powerful core and heart of the city that can never be intruded.

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