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Where is the statue of Balto in Central Park? • NYC • Manhattan
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This is a photographs of one of the largest azalea bushes in Central Park. It is a lavender color, almost glowing purple color. It is a very healthy bush and stands over 6 feet tall. If you walk westward up the hill toward Strawberry Fields, you will miss seeing it as it is tucked behind some other overpowering green bushes. But if you are leaving Strawberry Fields and walking down the
 
 

hill to re-join East Drive, there you will see it on the north (left) side of the sidewalk. Of course any sighting of this magnificent azalea bush in bloom presumes you are going to visit during the first two weeks in May. It is at that time here in the Northeast United States that azalea bushes are in their stupendous bloom.

Where is Balto? Where is the Balto Statue and is it free?

A statue of Balto, sculpted by Frederick Roth, was erected in New York City's Central Park on December 17, 1925.

The statue is located on the main path leading north from the Tisch Children's Zoo. In front of the statue a low-relief slate plaque depicts Balto's sled team and features the following inscription:

Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925.

Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence

Balto himself was present for the monument's unveiling.

Yes the sculpture is free to visit as are all of the outdoor sculptures of Central Park In order to find Balto, if you are approaching from the south out of the zoo, then you have to look up and to the west for the rock outcropping near the tunnel. If you are approaching from the East Drive, get off the east drive just as it curves north and walk down the sloping steps. Toward the bottom of the steps look up and forward and you will Balto before you!

 
 
 
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Our Walking Tour includes some of the famous places in Central Park: Olmsted Flower Bed - Literary Walk - Springtime in New York - Spring Blooms - Poet's Walk - Robert Burns - Sir Walter scott - Fitz-Greene Halleck - Christopher Columbus - William Shakespeare - Frederick Law Olmsted - Calvert Vaux - Edwin Booth - John Quincy Adams Ward, America's Sculptor - American Elms - Dutch Elm Disease - The Mall - Central Park in the Movies - Compass in Sidewalk - Tandy Corporation - American Elm Grove Bronze Marker - Central Park Conservancy Tree Trust - Azaleas - East Drive - Adopt-A-Bench - Bench Sponsorship - Flowering Groundcover - Creeping Myrtle - Blue Pansies - Yellow Tulips Darwin Hybrid - Outdoor Musicians, Permits - Central Park Settee Bench - World's Fair bench - Rustic Bench - The Dairy - Chess Checkers House - Big Apple - Wollman Skating Rink - Trump Rink Renovation - Manhattan - Poet's Daffodil - Memorial Field - Lost Batallion - Ballfields Permit Requirements - Summerstage - Rumsey Playfields - Summer Concerts - WWI Memorial - Knights of Pythias - Bronze Plaques - Copper Shield Plaques - 1917-1918 - Hot Pink Azaleas in Bloom - Olmsted Brothers - Brookline Massachusetts - 307th Infantry - 77th Division - Karl Ilava - Silkstocking District - Naumburg Bandshell - Wisteria Pergola - East Side - West Side - Wisteria Arbor - Wisteria Walk - Sheep Meadow - Tavern on the Green - Lilac Walk - Central Park Roller Skating Club - Kite Flying - Pick Up Singles - White Lights in Trees - Horse Drawn Carriage - Central Park Carriage Ride Rates - Outdoor Patio at Tavern on the Green - Topiary - Menagerie of Topiaries - Crystal Garden - Central Park West - Celebrities - Horse Bridle Path - White Flowering Dogwood Trees - Stone Bridges - Dakota - Strawberry Fields - John Lennon Memorial - Tulip Beds - West 72nd Street Entrance - Central Park Conservancy - Imagine Mosaic - Bow Bridge - Boathouse - Restaurant at the Boathouse - Rollerbladers - Tickets Summerstage - Mother Goose Statue - Alice in Wonderland Statue - Hans Christian Anderson statue - Pale Male and Lola - Birds - Falcons - Children's Zoo - Massages - Portrait Painting - Gus the Bear - Red Foxes - Chimes - Hot Dogs - Vendors - Running - Marathon - Reservoir - Beach Volleyball - Carousel - Balto - Victorian Gardens - Big Rocks - Ramble - Cat Hill - Obelisk -

 
 
     
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July 2008 - An ebay trader was given a suspended prison sentence and a tagging order after admitting dealing in counterfeit sunglasses when he appeared before a court in England. The trader was sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and was given a three-month curfew order requiring him to wear a tag and be at home between eight in the evening and six in the morning. He was also ordered not to use ebay for 12 months. Acting on a complaint received from the public, officers from Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards Service in England seized 65 pairs of sunglasses bearing the brand names Oakley Sunglasses and Chanel Sunglasses from the now-convicted trader. These were all marked with registered trademarks and designed to fool the public that they were the genuine product. Bad boy.

July 2008 - Columbus Geographic Systems has launched a new product demo for an advanced navigation system for New York's Central Park. The demo is available at http://www.columbusgis.com/CentralParkDemo.asp. The product demo displays mapping and aerial imagery of the park including over 200 points of interest and enables visitors to find their own location at any given point. For more fun, see our Walking Tour of Central Park!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie could have had France's child photography laws in mind when they chose that European country for the birth of their twins in July. French law is tough on paparazzi, especially when it comes to snapping photos of children. There's general agreement on the need to shield children from the media. To avoid lawsuits, magazines regularly blur out the faces of celebrities' children or simply pull the photos. If Brad and Angelina want to take their family out for a stroll in a French park, all wearing sunglasses, minding their own business, a photographer can be sued in France for destroying their privacy. Even if they are French sunglasses, like Chanel Sunglasses.

 
 
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