On my way to work I decided to take a detour into Central Park in the Strawberry Fields part which is the most attractive one to tourists lately. Lennon’s music was a great gift not only to Americans but from an international perspective as well. At his memorial in Central Park, Strawberry Fields is named after one of his songs called ” Strawberry Fields Forever.” Strawberry Fields was officially dedicated on October 9, 1985, the 45th anniversary of Lennon’s birth. Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono Lennon, worked with landscape architect Bruce Kelly and Central Park Conservancy to create a meditative spot. The mosaic was created by Italian craftsmen and given as a gift by the city of Naples. Based on a Greco-Roman design, it bears the word of another of Lennon’s songs: Imagine. A designated Quiet Zone in the Park, the memorial is shaded by stately American elms and lined with benches. In the warmer months, flowers bloom all around the area. Along the path near the mosaic, you’ll find a bronze plaque that lists the 121 countries that endorse Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace. Personally, there isn’t too much of a quiet zone with that area now as thousands of people go about this area to take pictures and the hippies are there to promote their buttons in support of John Lennon. It is a very beautiful design when I went to see it up close and in honoring the deceased I find it very wonderful to say the least.
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