The North Woods at the Ravine are the
dense woodlands covering the northwest
quadrant of Central Park from 101st to
110th Street.
This reserve with a wide variety of trees and
shrubs with its many visiting species of
birds is a haven and cherished retreat for
naturalists and occasional visitors to the area.
Though damaged to a good extent by the
introduction in the 1960s of the Lasker Pool,
which cut away its extension to the edge of
the Meer it endures in the hearts of Park
lovers as a formidable reminder of the intent
of the Park's designers Olmsted and Vaux.
That intent was to preserve in the heart of
a growing metropolis a treasured reserve of
nature that would endure through time and
resist in its magnificence any attempts to
destroy it.
