Why wasn't NYC's Central Park concept copied by other cities?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 237 points – 1 years ago

I'm talking about a massive park in the absolute heart of the city. Located such that is naturally surrounded by city high rises. *People are giving examples of parks that are way off in the boonies. I'm trying to say located centrally, heart of the city, you know where the high rises are. Yes I understand nyc has more, the point is centrally located.

Copied by younger cities in North Americ. You know, the cities younger than NYC that could have seen the value of setting aside a large area for parkland before it was developed.

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There are central parks in Boston and San Francisco…

I got interested in the thought and looked it up. Boston Common predates Central Park by about 200 years!

Chicago, too, plus the Emerald Necklace of parks and greenways ringing the city.

Boston Common? Neat, but not exactly the size I was talking about. SF's is nice.