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"I’m always in search of perfect picnic fare to eat at room temperature in a park, and Madison Square Park fits the bill: it’s green as hell with plenty of benches and grassy spots, geometrically laid out in 1870 by William Grant and Ignatz Pilat (disciples of Frederick Law Olmsted), and after previous lives as a potter’s field, parade ground, and home for juvenile delinquents, it’s now one of the city’s most enchanting urban spaces." - Robert Sietsema