Friday, March 16, 2012

Central Park in Winter 1899

Skating on the lake in Central Park in 1899. Photo from The New Metropolis, 1899.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It would be nice if we as a culture still had past-times like this instead of sitting in front of computers and I-Pads and 3-D, IMAX screens.

The Ancient said...

Some places, people are trying to bring that back:

http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2012/03/20/construction-finally-begins-on-waterfront-fountainice-rink/

(There's been another ice rink down on the Mall for quite a while.)