How to always find your way out with the secret code in new york city 1800s street lights.
Central park lamp posts trick.
Lamp posts have a trick to help navigate.
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Illuminated the mysterious code found on every one of the park s 1 600 cast iron lamp posts.
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Next time you visit central park just look at one of the 1 600 cast iron lamp posts.
Central park stretches across beautiful 843 acres and though the park is in the middle of manhattan it s easy to get lost in there.
The lamp posts contain a series of numbers that to the uneducated eye might look like a serial number.
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Look to the lamp posts.
The lampposts were designed by henry bacon in 1907 and the numbers he added are a nifty trick to keep in mind the next time you wander through the park s lush expanse.
And its all because of the park s sheer size.
Each and everyone of them has a number at its base something like 8202 or 9746.
Lost in the park.
There s a secret code hidden on central park s lamp posts.
Although it may not seem important at first this coding system is a brilliant 19th century trick for people to know their exact location in the park.
Central park lamp post trick 1 of 4 central park presents endless opportunities for exploration with its historic pavilions verdant meadows and plenty of playgrounds gardens and lakes.
But the truth is far more interesting.
For decades the city of new york has made efforts to mark the lamp posts within central park with embossed numbered metal plaques.
Central park s lamp posts have a secret.