I had an opportunity to go to New York this past weekend and since the weather was so nice, I decided to take in Central Park. The park is on 843 acres right smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.Central Park has its own wildlife and also serves as an oasis for migrating birds, especially in the fall and the spring, making it a significant attraction for bird watchers; 200 species of birds are regularly seen. The 6 miles of drives within the park are used by joggers, bicyclists, skateboarders, and inline skaters, especially on weekends when automobile traffic is banned.
The real estate value of Central Park was estimated by property appraisal firm Miller Samuel to be $528,783,552,000 in December 2005.
It got me thinking about the crown jewel of our park system.
Our park is on 2,115 acres (including 1,015 of lake surface) right smack dab in the middle of Dallas. It has 9.33 miles of hike and bike trails, an Audubon Society-designated bird watching area and wetlands, tennis courts, picnic shelters, playing fields, dog park, fishing piers, boat house, historic buildings for rent, a museum and oh yea - a lake.
I'm not sure what the real estate value of White Rock Lake Park is, but to me as the Visa commercial says "it's priceless".
Beautiful Video from the Dallas Morning News
Lake Statistics
2 comments:
White Rock Lake is worth every penny. I have lived here since 1957 and we grew up going to the lake, hanging out on Sundays, driving around the lake, riding bikes and having picnics, it is beautiful at night when the stars bounce off the water.
It would be great if White Rock was maintained the way that Central Park is or was even just a little cleaner. My grandmother actually swam in it as a child -- when she was young, everyone went over to the lake for fun in the sun on the weekends. It's not that I don't appreciate White Rock, but I wish it was clean, swimmable and a little safer. Every time I go to Austin, I envy their lakes and rivers -- so much fun, right in the middle of the city.
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