"Central Park—before it was Central Park—was a desolate, rocky swamp," birdwatcher Ken Chaya says. Now, he and an author have mapped almost 20,000 trees in the New York City arboretum.

THE CENTRAL PARK.; Map and Description of the Plan which took the $2,000 Prize for the Central Park. Share full article. May 1, 1858.

The northern end of Central Park is slated to get a major upgrade by 2024. ... The project is the final piece of the puzzle that is the conservancy’s 40-year renewal plan to update Central Park.

While some national fall foliage maps predict that parts of New York may have already peaked between Oct. 10 and 17, trees in Central Park tend to do so later than the rest of the state.