Snow Day in Central Park! The quiet, mesmerizing majesty of seeing white covering everything, every tree and bush, every branch.

The winter light is different, the snow brightens things up but the sky is heavy and grey. It’s cold but not windy, the kind of cold where you can actually get outside and enjoy the snow, if you wear enough layers. There’re little kids sledding down hills, there’re runners still doing their runs on the main circular road that’s been completely cleared off. There’re even a few brave bikers, so attached to their bikes that even the winter doesn’t stop them from getting out there and doing a few laps around the park.

Alexander Pushkin in “Eugene Onegin” described winter in his unique poetic way:
”Woods cloaked with a silver veil; A wintry carpet deep and light, All around her, glittering white.” 1

Nature is the most prolific creator. Every single thing has its own snow pillow, it’s a perfect contrast of dark trees and white blankets. The tangle of snow-covered branches looks like embroidery. It’s magical and mesmerizing. The snow flakes falling down are glittering silver and gold, like little airy diamonds. I want to catch one but they disappear before they land on my glove.

Another thing that’s magical about Central Park in the winter, even without the beautiful blanket of snow, is the visibility. The trees and bushes, without their canopy of leaves, allow the visitor to see straight across the park, from the west side to the east, from north to south. Here the giants of Billionaires Row, classified “supertall”, which is over 1,000 feet, are racing into the sky, poking the clouds. These are some of the tallest buildings in the world and some of the most expensive residences. Built along 57th Street, they follow the legacy of the original Millionaires Row that was headed by the Gilded age giants, the Astors and Vanderbuilts, and popularized in shows, such as the “Guilded Age.” I’m sure before long, we’ll have the show about the Uber rich buying the apartments in this giant structures, while not really living there. It’s a place to invest, to park their money but they have changed the NY skyline forever:

Central Park Map Below: