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The Conservancy aspires to build a great organization that sets the standard for and spreads the principles of world-class park management — emphasizing environmental excellence — to improve the quality of open space for the enjoyment of all New Yorkers.

The Conservancy is committed to sustaining this operating model to provide a legacy for future generations of Central Park users.

The Central Park Conservancy is a private, not-for-profit organization founded in 1980 that manages Central Park under a contract with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals, corporations, foundations, and the City of New York, the Conservancy has invested more than $500 million to date into the Park making it a model for urban parks worldwide. The Conservancy provides 85% of Central Park's $27 million annual operating budget and is responsible for all basic care of the Park.

With 25 million visitors each year to its 843 acres, Central Park is the most frequently visited urban park in the United States. To manage the Park, Conservancy crews aerate and seed lawns; rake leaves; prune and fertilize trees; plant shrubs and flowers; maintain ballfields and playgrounds; remove graffiti; conserve monuments, bridges, and buildings; and care for waterbodies and woodlands, controlling erosion, maintaining the drainage system, and protecting over 150 acres of lakes and streams from pollution, siltation, and algae.

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Greywacke Knoll (just across the drive from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in New York City, London and Paris during the nineteenth century. The New York and London ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.

Greywacke Knoll (just across the drive from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in New York City, London and Paris during the nineteenth century. The New York and London ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.

Greywacke Knoll (just across the drive from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in New York City, London and Paris during the nineteenth century. The New York and London ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.

Greywacke Knoll (just across the drive from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in New York City, London and Paris during the nineteenth century. The New York and London ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.

Greywacke Knoll (just across the drive from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in New York City, London and Paris during the nineteenth century. The New York and London ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime.

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

Sculptor: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Description: A crouching Native American leaning forward holding a bow and arrow in his proper left hand and restraining an impatient dog with his proper right. He has long hair and wears a heavy pelt loin cloth. Sculpture rests on a low rectangular base decorated with a band of geometric designs.
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished Rockport granite.
Dimensions:Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 X 5 X 6 ft.
Inscription: BRONZE BY/L.A. AMOUROUX. N.Y. (On sculpture near base:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor/N.Y. 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
Placed in Park: 1869
Donor: 23 American artists and art patrons
Location: Pathway west of the Mall, east of the Sheep Meadow at 66th Street - Central Park in Manhattan, NYC

- AIDS Walk NY, 2009.

Announcing the amount raised at the conclusion of AIDS Walk NY, 2009 - $5,605,409 (and there will be counting of post walk donations).

- AIDS Walk NY, 2009.

- AIDS Walk NY, 2009.

- AIDS Walk NY, 2009.

"Use Condom Sense" - AIDS Walk NY, 2009.