Chapter 595: New York's Green Lung

There are not many people in the carriage, most of them have seats, Hong Tao and Erin found a place to sit by the door, next to them is a big black sister with arms thicker than Hong Tao's legs, or a little sister, anyway, Hong Tao can't tell whether this is 18 or 48.

Compared with the stuffiness on the platform, the carriage is a lot cooler, but a little too cold, just walked 2 stops, Hong Tao's little hands are almost frozen, then he understands why Irene chose a thicker sportswear to wear, and he actually wears sports shorts for the sake of stinky beauty, at this time, if the mayor of New York is here, Hong Tao will definitely say to him: I greet your eight ancestors, can you give the air conditioning in the carriage to the platform?

Hong Tao is not wishful thinking, the mayor of New York is really working on the subway, this is called Michael. Bloomberg's American billionaire is the founder of Bloomberg and is worth $25 billion. When he first ran for mayor of New York, he promised New Yorkers that he would earn $1 a year, and his campaign slogan was, I'm rich, so you don't worry about me being corrupt!

Listening to the tone of others, Hong Tao feels very gentlemanly! No matter what he wants, just rush this annual salary and this slogan, if Hong Tao is a voter, he will also vote for him.

Mr. Bloomberg is not only rich but also close to the people, and since he took office in 2001, he has been commuting to work by half an hour on the subway every day. This is not a show, he served three consecutive terms as mayor of New York, until he left office in 2013, New Yorkers would see this old man on the subway, and many times he didn't even have a seat, and few people gave him a seat, he just stood in the carriage for half an hour.

If our domestic officials can also learn from this Bloomberg, I think no matter whether you have real skills or not, and whether you rely on nepotism or not, whether you love it or not, put it aside first, at least everyone won't hate you.

Even if the subway in New York is again, there is not even air conditioning on the platform. The carriage is as cold as the North Pole, and the citizens of New York are estimated to complain at most, and they will not have much opinion, because the mayor can come here every day to play this ice and fire, and the citizens can say anything and play together.

It's a pity that Hong Tao didn't have the luck to meet this mayor, and people wouldn't run out to take the subway at 6 o'clock in the morning.

When leaving the station, Hong Tao found another very unreasonable place in the New York subway, that is, the subway card does not pay a deposit whether it is temporary or regular. So the used subway cards are thrown all over the ground, and Lao Mei must learn from China at this point, which not only makes the environment cleaner, but also reduces waste.

Climb out of the subway entrance of 72nd Street, and on your right hand is New York's Central Park, which covers a very large area of more than 5,000 acres. How big is this 5,000 acres of land? It is about 5,000 basketball courts, which is larger than the Summer Palace, a little smaller than the area of Tsinghua University, and more than five times the size of Beihai Park.

It starts at 59th Street and continues to 110th Street. The length spans 51 blocks and is narrower in width, from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue, which is basically in the middle of Manhattan Island.

In the 50s of the 19th century. New York State passed a bill, the Parks Act, and it became the responsibility of the city government to meet citizens' demands for fresh air, sunlight, and public spaces, so building a park on Manhattan Island became a priority.

The original plan was to build a park near the banks of the River East. It was the southeast area of what is now Central Park, but this plan was not approved and was revised many times. It was finally determined to be the current position. At the time, however, it was a suburb of New York City, surrounded by slums and bare rocks and uneven land.

Olmsted and Vaux, who were responsible for building the park, boldly predicted that New York City would grow to more than 2 million people, and that the city would expand many times over, and that one day the park they designed would become the only place where New Yorkers could get close to nature.

Olmsted and Vaux's predictions were less accurate, not that they overpredicted, but that they weren't bold enough. By the time the park was fully completed in 1873, New York City's population had already exceeded 3 million, and their predictions had been fulfilled before they could complete their design. What's even more commendable is that after New York City entered the modern metropolis, although the land price here has increased by an unknown number of times, it has basically not received any encroachment, but has built some buildings such as theaters and memorials inside.

After entering Central Park from W72 Street, Hong Tao did not see the elements of the park that he remembered, only the woods and boulevards, and the morning exercisers strolling, jogging, cycling, and skateboarding.

"Which way are we going?" Hong Tao was no longer sure of his mind at this time, there were woods and meadows everywhere, where to find tobacco leaves, not to mention that he didn't know what living tobacco looks like.

"Run forward, there's the strawberry field, you know John. Lennon? Erin pointed to a tree-lined path ahead.

"TheBeatles, that Lennon?" Although Hong Tao lacks artistic cells, he is not musically illiterate, and he still knows a few popular things, otherwise he will mix them up in college.

"Yes, the building in the back is his home, he was assassinated in front of this building, and his widow Yoko Ono still lives in it, do you want to go and have a look?" Erin pointed to an old building across the road outside the park and explained to Hong Tao.

"I'm not a fan of his! This dilapidated house has been around for years, right? What kind of style is this? Hong Tao didn't come out with a DSLR camera, but he also had a Sony card player, and the effect was okay, so let's take a picture first.

"It should be regarded as Victorian style, this is not a broken house, most of the people in New York know it, it is full of celebrities and tycoons, it is called the Dakota Building, the locals like to call it the most unusual house number, if someone asks you where you live in New York in the future, you will say live in the Dakota Building, to ensure a unique face!" Erin is becoming more and more Chinese, and she actually knows how to brag to earn face, which is also called the red one who is close to Zhu and the black one who is close to ink, even if Hong Tao is this ink.

"Can you go in and take a few photos? Or it's not like it, who believes it just to show people outside? "Hong Tao thinks that Erin's idea can be considered, some people eat this set, you tell him to live in the White House, he says you are a turtle, you say you live in the Lennon's firewood house, he says you have taste.

"You can't get in, there are more security guards here than in the White House, let alone taking pictures, and standing at the door for a while will be in trouble." Let's go, I'll take you to see the strawberry farm, which Yoko Ono built in honor of Lennon. Erin took the lead in running to the alley, Hong Tao followed, looking at Erin's twisting ass, this is his favorite, as long as there are running women in front, he will definitely slow down and look twice, the good-looking ones will follow all the way, and the unsightly ones will directly overtake.

The strawberry field is no different from the ordinary park green space, that is, there are slightly more types of plants and flowers, Irene said that this is donated by fans from all over the world, the most obvious sign is that there is a circular pattern in the middle of the road, built with black and white stones, slightly higher than the road, with some flowers on it, and candles, and a line of words in the middle, IMAGINE, imagine.

"Have you heard this song?" Erin pointed to the line in the middle.

"I haven't heard ......" Hong Tao shook his head, he actually hadn't heard a single Lennon song, and even if he did, he didn't remember, due to some reasons in later generations, he was not too interested in singers and movie stars, and he didn't think that singing a few songs could save the world, instead of commemorating these people, it was better to build a few more statues for those scientists and scholars.

"Turtle!" This is Erin's nickname for Hong Tao, although Hong Tao has always objected, but it has no effect.

"I'm going to eat you!" Hong Tao is here again, he really doesn't have any artistic cells, as soon as he plays with Erin, he is this trick, and his expressions, emphatic and movements do not change.

"Hahahaha...... You can't catch up with me! Erin is also a cheap bone, and she just eats Hong Tao's set, giggling and running forward, Hong Tao waved his hands to chase behind, and almost bumped into a pair of old Americans strolling, the old man was not angry, but looked at this pair of young people running around with envy.

Central Park is really a bit big, the length is more than 4 kilometers, just about 10 kilometers to turn around, it must be more difficult to run, fortunately there are rental bicycles by the lake, Hong Tao and Erin one person, from jogging to cycling. It took about 2 hours, Hong Tao basically turned around Central Park, and the tobacco still didn't find it, in fact, he didn't want to look for it, such a big place, how to find it!

The park is not really a monolith, there are several roads that pass directly through the park, and the park is divided into many different areas, including an amphitheater, a baseball field, several small lakes, and a zoo. Hong Tao is past the age of visiting the zoo, and he prefers the place called the sheep grassland.

There are no sheep in the sheep steppe, just a meadow surrounded by trees, which is very large. There is no natural scenery to see here, and there are no theatrical performances, but the people who bask in the sun here attract the waves. Today is not the weekend, and the time is just after 9 o'clock in the morning, and there are already a lot of people lying on the grass, most of them are women, women of all ages, all body shapes and looks, the only thing in common is the race, almost all of them are white.

In the eyes of white people in Europe and the United States, especially white women, the most beautiful skin color is not white, nor can it be black, but light brown. Only a few mixed-race people can be born with this kind of skin color, and most people don't have it, so they came up with a way to make themselves meet the standard, and that is to tan! (To be continued......)

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