A view of the south section of "Great Lawn" and it's "Turtle Pond" with the...

A view of the south section of "Great Lawn" and it's "Turtle Pond" with the skyline of 5th Avenue in the backround, is seen from atop Belvedere Castle in New York's Central Park, on May 25, 3003. New York's Central Park, one of America's most famous public green spaces, turns 150 years old this summer. Sprawling across 843 acres (340 hectares) in the middle of Manhattan, Central Park is larger than Monaco. Some 25 million people visit each year to stroll along its 58 miles (93 km) of pathways, sit on one of its 9,000 benches or admire its 26,000 trees.