This anthology includes about a dozen essays, each with quite a different take on what the park has meant to them. A number of writers mentioned the park as a childhood memory. Others recalled the troubled times of the 1960s and 1970s. One had a job at the children’s zoo. I was reminded of a childhood trip to NYC with my father. We were on the observation deck of the Empire State building and I looked at Central Park and thought “Gee, that’s a lot of land. If the city gets too crowded they can build there.” What did I know! I was just a kid from the wide open spaces of Ohio.
