Central Park

**Central Park** is a region of the Empire Wastes. The area is the largest area of flora and undeveloped space in the city, and the Central Park Reservoir is also the largest standing body of water in the city. The park is home to several Settlements whom The Tourist can visit and interact with.

## Background

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City

## Layout

Central Park is bordered by Central Park North at 110th Street; Central Park South at 59th Street; Central Park West at Eighth Avenue; and Fifth Avenue on the east. The park is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Harlem to the north, Midtown Manhattan to the south, the Upper West Side to the west, and the Upper East Side to the east.

Central Park is likely the least dangerous part of Manhattan, and where the Tourist will first enter the city. While difficult, the player should be able to survive in this location, even without their original gear, until they can reach the Central Park Zoo.

The park is split into two sections by the 97th St. Traverse, which blocks the Northern 1/3 of the park from access at the beginning of the mod. The South section of the park includes the Central Park Reservoir and Central Park Zoo, along with Ammu Nahi, Lennon, and Anderson.

## Locations

* Ancient Playground, on the Eastern border of the park, between 84th and 85th St.
* The American Museum of Natural History, a large museum just outside the park, along the Western border, between 77th and 81st St.
* Belvedere Castle, part of the Ammu Nahi settlement, in the center of the park along the 79th St. Traverse.
* Bethesda Terrace, a famous landmark, famous for Bethesda Fountain, in the center of the park.
* Central Park Reservoir, almost the entire width of the park, between 86th and 96th St.
* Central Park Zoo, a Zoo in the South Eastern portion of the Park, between 60th and 65th St.
* Columbus Circle, a traffic roundabout of the cross streets that form the South West corner of the Park.
* Conservatory Garden, an overgrown garden on the Eastern border to the North end of the park, between 103rd and 106th St.
* Delacorte Theater, an open-air theater space just north of Belvedere Castle.
* Duke Ellington Circle, a traffic roundabout of the cross streets that form the North East corner of the Park.
* Frederick Douglas Circle, a traffic roundabout of the cross streets that form the North West corner of the Park.
* Grand Army Plaza, a landmark Plaza in the South East corner of the park, cut off by a road from the rest of the park.
* Maine Monument, a famous landmark in the South West corner of the park, off Columbus Circle.
* The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on the Eastern border of the park, spanning between 80th and 84th St., just South of the Ancient Playground.
* NYFD Central Office, located in the center of the park along the 79th St. Traverse.
* Pulitzer Plaza, a plaza, facing the Grand Army Plaza, just outside the main rectangle of the park, on the Southern side of the South East corner of the park.
* PDNY Central Park Precinct, along the 86th Street Traverse, just South of the Central Park Reservoir.
* Rumsey Playfield, a live Music Venue just South East of the Bethesda Fountain.
* South Gate House, on the South East shore of the Central Park Reservoir.
* Tavern on the Green an abandoned restaurant on the Western border of the park, between 86th and 87th St.

## Gallery

South Gate House at the Central Park Reservoir