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Hudson River Park is the West Side's oasis

Hudson River Park visitors relax on Japanese artist

Photo credit: AP | Hudson River Park visitors relax on Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's “Guidepost to the New Space” sculpture, which is on the lawn at Pier 45. (July 5, 2012)

Hudson River Park -- the largest development of open space in Manhattan since Central Park's creation in the 1850s -- is a modern, artful cache of spaces providing recreational activities for free.

The 5-mile-long park, which begins at Chambers Street and runs up to 59th Street, is a palette of green lawns, flowered gardens, basketball courts, skateboard parks, children's playgrounds and boathouses...

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