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Walking piece
2005

The Gates

An installation in Central Park consisting on 7,503 gates with 4.87 meters (16 feet) hight and variable widths, each one holding a saffron colored fabric from the top part of the frame. The gates were installed alongside 37 kilometers (23 miles) of walkways where people were invited to walk by.

Walking piece
2005

Her long black hair

Janet Cardiff's Her Long Black Hair is a 35-minute journey that begins at Central Park South and transforms an everyday stroll in the park into an absorbing psychological and physical experience.

A Sunday walk through Harlem

22 Feb, 2023 · Slow Radio
It is January 2022, and in the Upper Manhattan neighbourhood of Harlem all is quiet as people stay at home, preferring not to venture out into the minus-13-degree snow and ice that has blanketed the city.This half-hour soundscape begins with the geese peck…
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Curated news 05 Apr, 2026

Women’s History Walk in Central Park « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

Celebrate spring and Women’s History Month in Central Park with a mile long self guided tour: This self-guided walk highlights some of the women who created, inspired, and placed monuments an… Source: Women’s History Walk in Central Park « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

Curated news 28 Oct, 2025

Hidden in Central Park, an anonymous Holocaust memorial – The Forward

A discovery of a memorial to Jewish concentration camp prisoners yields questions of identity, memory and the purpose of art. Source: Hidden in Central Park, an anonymous Holocaust memorial – The Forward

Sound walk
2016

U-GRUVE AR

U-GRUVE AR is an Audio Augmented Reality app featuring interactive soundwalks composed by New York’s experimental and electro-acoustic musicians at sites including Lincoln Center, The High Line, and Central Park’s Conservatory Garden. The app offers ongoing access to these soundwalks and includes group events scheduled from August 28 to September 26 in collaboration with the New York SoundWalkers Meetup.

Walking piece
2023

Soundwalkscape December

Soundwalkscapes December The FINAL WORK in this year-long project! My rule was to take a walk on the first Monday of every month in 2023. In December I walked Central Park NY bridleway. https://soundcloud.com/ivorringham/soundwalkscape-december-2023

Curated news 02 May, 2023

Dublin can be heaven with new soundtrack app for visitors to St Stephen’s Green – The Irish Times

Dublin’s city centre park joins Central Park and Regent’s Park in having a specially tailored Soundwalk composition designed to enhance the visitor experience Source: Dublin can be heaven with new soundtrack app for visitors to St Stephen’s Green – The Irish Times

Articles elsewhere

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The West 77th Street Stone Arch in Central Park

From time to time, I do New York City things that fall outside my day job or bird blog, and I feel I would like to share them. It may be a walk, a scene in Central Park, or a museum visit. I still have this website.I often go months, if not years, upda...

Teri Tynes
Walking Off the Big Apple
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Let’s Take a Walk #61

Dear Friends.Let's Take a Walk #61 took place on January 2024, 100 days after the terrible attack on Israel from Hamas, the beginning of the current conflict. The hostages taken by Hamas have yet to be brought back home. Today's event occurred in Centr...

Marie Christine Katz
Let's take a walk
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An Early Autumn Walk in Central Park: 2020 Edition

This week, the singer Diana Krall released a cover of “Autumn in New York,” the standard by Vernon Duke. An accompanying video, filmed in New York by Davis McCutcheon and directed by Mark Seliger, portrays the city in moody yet beautiful black and whit...

Teri Tynes
Walking Off the Big Apple

sole trader

Interested in walking their socks (and shoes off) and at the end of the journey tries to swap for another, brand new or slightly used pair.

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