When the COVID-19 pandemic left poet Aaron Poochigian isolated and drained, the classically trained translator of Greek poems found peace in Central Park through daily walks. His meditations ultimately inspired book in iambic pentameter verse: “Four Walks in Central Park: A Poetic Guide to the Park.”

05 Dec 2025 | 06:04

Where Sixth Avenue ends and skyscrapers halt, José Julián Martí protects the 59th Street entrance of Central Park. His comrades José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar –decked in bronze, charged with liberating the New World from the Old–stand guard at the Artists Gate, keeping the glitz and wealth at bay,...