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Central Park is anurban park inManhattan,New York City. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with 40 million visitors in 2013, and one of the most filmed locations in the world. A landmark of New York City since 1857, it has been featured in numerous films, TV shows, songs, video games, books, photographs, and artwork.

• William Merritt Chase painted a portrait of Central Park in 1889.
• Pierre Alechinsky represented theMall in Central Park in a 1965acrylic painting.
• Maurice Prendergast represented Central Park in several paintings.

• Elliott Erwitt took photographs of dogs in Central Park in 1974.
• Bruce Davidson's photobookCentral Park (1995) was a four-year exploration of the park.^[1]
• Tod Papageorge chronicled the park over several decades for his photobookPassing Through Eden (2007).^[1]

• The writer Evan H Rhodes publishedThe Prince of Central Park, a 1975 novel that describes the life of an 11-year-old in the park.^{[citation needed]}
• In the bookThe Catcher in the Rye, the main character,Holden Caulfield, often wonders what happens to the ducks and fish in Central Park when the ice begins to form in winter. He also spends time in the park in parts of the novel.^{[citation needed]}

Central Park, as a universal symbol of the city, appeared and continues to appear in film productions, as well as in television series. The first film to feature Central Park wasRomeo and Juliet, in1908. Since then there have been at least 305 films which feature Central Park, making it the most filmed location for films. ManyAcademy Award winning films feature a scene in the park.^{[citation needed]}

• Central Park in the Dark, composed in 1906, is a work of American composerCharles Ives.
• The first album byNina Simone,Little Girl Blue, has a song titledCentral Park Blues.^{[citation needed]}
• AJohn Coltrane song is called "Central Park West".^{[citation needed]}
• Steve Hunter released a blues guitar instrumental titled "Sunset in Central Park" on his 2013 CDThe Manhattan Blues Project^[2]

Central Park appears in the 2001 video gameGrand Theft Auto III and its 2005 sequelLiberty City Stories, being referred to as Belleville Park.^[3]

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