Thursday, August 20, 2015

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Sign on the jogging track around the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, Central Park, New York

Sign on the jogging track around the
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Central Park
New York, September 2008

“President Bill Clinton, Madonna, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis (for whom the reservoir was named in 1994) have all run on the 1.58-mile track. For years, an unsightly seven-foot-high chain-link fence obscured the view. But when scuba divers discovered a piece of the original fence at the bottom of the reservoir, Central Park Conservancy commissioned a steel fence with cast-iron ornamentation, closely resembling the original. The current fence was completed in 2003, stands four feet high, and has opened up breathtaking views of the Park and surrounding cityscapes.” (Reservoir, Central Park Conservancy)

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