Central Park: Pockets of Sanctuary

Central Park, southern end

Photographed June 19, 2010

While exploring urban paths and edges in order to understand how urban culture defines urban form I discovered the places of tranquility that join them.  I refer to them as pockets of sanctuary; places that adjoin paths which are not edges or nodes.  They are intimate places where individuals can solemnly recreate.  This photograph shows a place that is both intimate and grand, accommodating more than one experience of solitude at a time.