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| Carrado Café's Perfect Café Latte Before heading to the park we stopped at Carrado Café on 70th and Lexington. They made the perfect Café Latte for my friend who was visiting from London. |  |
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| Birthday Speeches We went to Bethesda Fountain to watch the birthday celebrations. |  |
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| New York Police Band Tuba Player To join in the celebrations the New York City Police Band was playing. |  |
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| New York Police Band We got to enjoy their songs. |  |
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| Bethesda Fountain The crowds were enjoying the events. |  |
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| Marcelo Alvarez & Salvatore Licitra Marcelo Alvarez & Salvatore Licitra sing Happy Birthday to Central Park. Later that day they held a free concert on the Great Lawn. |  |
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| Cake Cutting The MC cut the cake with the help of the special guests. |  |
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| Central Park Birthday Cake The cake to celebrate the birthday of Central Park was modeled after the fountain in Bethesda Terrace. We couldn't get a good look during the cutting but later that day got very close as they were transporting it to places unknown. Sylvia Weinstock designed the cake. |  |
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| Bethesda Fountain This is one of my favorite parts of Central Park. |  |
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| Boat People Many people were enjoying the water in their boats. We went to the Boathouse later that day for a couple cocktails and meet many people. |  |
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| Mounted Rangers Two mounted park rangers joined the festivities. |  |
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| Mounted Ranger The horse was watching me take this picture. |  |
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| Crowds There were many people watching the cake. |  |
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| Painters and sketchers Along the lake people were painting and sketching the view. |  |
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| Bow Bridge The beautiful Bow Bridge across central park. |  |
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| Bow Bridge Another view of the Bow Bridge. |  |
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| The Lake You can see some of the apartments on the West Side of the park. |  |
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| Ducks Some ducks were living in the Central Park Conservatory water. |  |
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| Sail Boats People were sailing their boats in the boat lake. |  |
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