Strawberry Fields
The hippie heart of magnificent Central Park, Strawberry Fields is a popular memorial to Beatle John Lennon, who was killed a short walk away (on 72nd Street, just west of Central Park West), and a tranquil rendezvous point for unreconstructed fans, gypsies, and believers. The teardrop-shaped garden was built with money raised by widow Yoko Ono to commemorate her husband. (Cautious park guardians fought, in vain, to appropriate Ono's funds to build a monument to the much less controversial Bing Crosby.) The memorial is now the most visited spot in all of Central Park. The garden contains 161 varieties of plants, each representing one of the world's nations, arranged around an Italianate mosaic bearing Lennon's enduring message: IMAGINE. Each December 8th, fans and fellow travelers gather around the mosaic and celebrate the Beatle's legacy with spontaneous song, dance, and lots of illicit public drinking.
There is a place where Sargent Pepper, Mean Mister Mustard and Bungalow Bill still roam.
photo by 
photo by 
(1 votes)