Central Park

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A sculptor known for trying to redress history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women for New York’s Central Park, where the only females so honored until now have been fictional characters. Meredith Bergmann’s vision for the sculpture, chosen from 91 submissions, features three women’s rights pioneers […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York celebrity music show in Central Park sent thousands of spectators fleeing in panic, fearing the noise might have been gunshots. About 60,000 people had filled the park’s Great Lawn for Saturday’s eight-hour Global Citizen Festival. They listened to big-name […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A firework that exploded when a 19-year-old unwittingly stepped on it Sunday in Central Park, seriously injuring his left foot, didn’t appear to be designed to intentionally hurt people, police officials said. The homemade gadget was like an “explosive experiment” that was probably designed to “make a large noise, maybe make […]

Last night, thousands came out to witness some of music’s best performers unite to end world poverty at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival. Taking place…

  Seneca Village was once a thriving Black community in a section of New York where Central Park exists now. The village was torn down to make way for the development of the public park, displacing rightful Black land owners and poor Irish settlers. Seneca Village was established in 1825 after a local deliveryman began […]