Central Park – Manhattan, NYC
Central Park – Near Olmsted Flower Bed
Central Park’s value as a place for ecotourism is underestimated – indeed, the very vehicles for this ecosystem service is made of another, trees! Within the park is a rustic wooden gazebo overlooking the terrain. This serves as a quaint destination for visitors, thus boosting the local economy (Street vendors! Bodega owners! Cab drivers, etc.!), and provides natives with a vantage point to overlook nature in all its serenity. In this way, this clearing and gazebo is a cultural ecosystem service.