VOTE: Best Public Park

Here are the five parks which received the most nominations this week.

Vote for your favourite.




Central Park, New York City


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Hyde Park, London


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St James' Park, London


http://www.willfox.com/images/misc/parks/5.jpg


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Parque Guell, Barcelona


http://www.willfox.com/images/misc/parks/7.jpg


http://www.willfox.com/images/misc/parks/8.jpg

thats 4

hyde park for me. too many memories

Yes, there were so many parks with the same number of small nominations, it would have been a tie for 5th place with about 10 different choices. These 4 here, though, received significantly more than the rest, so it made sense just to include them.

Hyde Park

Especialy when theres a good party going on!

Hyde Park for me too.

Central Park

Hyde Park for me, its just to elegant and delightful, those pictures dont do it justice.

http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.oechies/london_files/Pictures/hyde-park-1.jpg

http://www.leslieshearer.com/v2/pics/europe2002/DSC00209.JPG

http://www.leslieshearer.com/v2/pics/europe2002/Hyde%20Park%20Bridge.JPG

Was very difficult for me : HP or Guell - I choose the latter, more innovative :)

Hyde Park for me, its just to elegant and delightful, those pictures dont do it justice.

I just came in to say hes posted some not so good pics of HP!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/Photos/Hyde_Park/Web/Hyde_Park_3.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/Photos/Hyde_Park/Web/Hyde_Park_1.jpg

http://lsinzelle.free.fr/london/298634.JPG

I love the 5 of them but i have voted for St James Park in London but my favourite london park is not in the list: Holland park!

Central Park.

Hyde park is stunningly beautiful as are most of the London Parks but I don't think anything will ever replace the feeling of walking around Central Park with the skyscrapers overlooking me. It's quite awe inspiring. I haven't been to Barcelona so I cannot comment on the Parque Guell, but my parents are travelling there in a few weeks so I'll examine their photos. :)

Central Park

Hyde Park is great, but it's no Central Park. My vote goes to the Big Apple.

central park!

Went to Hyde Park as a 8 year old and I don't remember much about it. Central Park is a menacing place. Someone recently pointed out a used crack case to me and I remember seeing them all over Central Park when I lived in metro NY.

I'll take other: Estabrook Park in Milwaukee! Best sledding in Milwaukee.

Central Park in New York is my favorite.

I feared this....Central Parks fame taking over...

Oh well....two silvers or one gold?!

I'll write this one down, FAIRMOUNT PARK in Philadelphia, the biggest park system in America!!!!! :colgate: :colgate: :colgate: :colgate:

The pics are the nice.

Central park from the list... but in reality, to me, Chicago has the best parks to me.

http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~hammond/fotografie/sonsbeek.html

Zijpendaal & Sonsbeek:

http://www.craneveer.nl/wijk/kijk/20040317-winter/origineel/IMG_0155.JPG

http://home.hetnet.nl/~jeroen09/images/bomen%20nederland/Sweat%20chestnut%20trees%20at%20Zijpendaal%2075dpi.jpg

http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~hammond/fotografie/sonsbeek/doorkijk2.jpg

Belvedère Sonsbeek (1826, gift from Paris)

http://img143.echo.cx/img143/1694/1673101toweronthetopofthehilla.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/1102914-Rainbow_in_the_Sonsbeek_Park-Arnhem.jpg

http://www.oudzeer.nl/fotos/rondeweidejun2002/rondeweide3.jpg

Sonsbeek Buiten is like the Dokumenta (Kassel) a 7 yearly exhibition

http://www.vectorpro.com.br/tutoriais/projetos/pavilhao_van_eyck/pav_aanz.JPG

http://www.024architecten.nl/images/0020.jpg

http://www.024architecten.nl/images/0018.jpg

http://www.024architecten.nl/images/0017.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/142dscn23185vi.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/142sonsbe.jpg

Panorama:
http://www.antonenmarieke.demon.nl/sonsbeek.htm

Anyway, selecting parks from huge cities seems invalid with much greater parks in much smaller cities. The most beautiful urban park must imho be Palais des Papes, Avigon and Marienbad, Kassel and many others beat the parks of the huge cities. Come on, Hyde Park is a nice park in a great city. It's not the park that would rank amongst the 4 best.
Travel more, Foxy. Start in Paris: Boulogne, Luxembourg, Vincennes, Versailles, Fontaineblau while I can think of lovely parks on Wales' West Coast, just not sure whether they're public. Carolina, north of Copenhagen is another that deserves a mention.

People should veer away from the idea that great things can only happen in huge cities. With parks I find it's rather the opposite. In England I'd nominate Canterbury and Chester over London. The usual hang-up on London, I'm afraid.

I love all of the parks posted are great but there is just something about CP. But my all time fav. park is Forest Park in St. Louis it is also, just to clear it up for some people on here the largest urban park in the usa at 1500 acres its i think 300 acres larger then Central and has the STL Zoo and Art and also the History Museum, 2 Golf Clubs, Ice Rink, and The Muny Opera. And then there is all the wooded areas and the streams and the views of the cities skyline.

Central Park. Huge! and stuff

Central Park. :D

Central Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Central Park

In my opinion this poll has forgotten the best park in Europe and, may be in the word: The Parque del retiro of Madrid!

Central Park, really beautiful park

Berlin-Tiergarten!!!

^ Agreed, Tiergarten.

Villa Borghese - Rome

This is the most famous villa both for its dimension and tha various ways of access to the city. Cardinal Scipione Borghese wanted it to be built at the beginning ohìf the 17th century between the Flaminio area and the Parioli area where the Lucullo gardens stood. The main building, inspired by 16th century style, was covered on the outside by old sculptures whereas the sober interior hosted great works of art.

http://www.romaviva.com/Villa-Borghese/villa_borghese_001.jpg

http://www.romaviva.com/Villa-Borghese/lago-villa-borghese.jpg

http://www.romaviva.com/Villa-Borghese/palazzo-villa-borghese.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/7/70/Museo_Borghese.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/1/13/Galleria_Borghese.jpg

http://tesoridiroma.altervista.org/galleria/villa_borghese/foto/vborghese01.jpg

http://web.mit.edu/~mip/www/photos/rome/82-Villa%20Borghese.jpg

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Central Park