{"id":223,"date":"2011-06-24T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carouselandrockinghorses.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:56:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T20:56:52","slug":"nyc-central-park-carousel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carouselandrockinghorses.com\/blog\/nyc-central-park-carousel\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Central Park Carousel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PREZqLWH2uk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This ride has been popular since it first opened in 1871. Since then the carousel has been replaced several times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralpark.com\/guide\/attractions\/carousel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Park&#8217;s website<\/a>, the Department of Parks and Recreation searched for a replacement in 1950 and found one abandoned in an old trolley terminal in Brooklyn\u2019s Coney Island.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Originally crafted in 1908 by Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein, the current Carousel is one of the nation&#8217;s largest merry-go-rounds, featuring 57 <a href=\"\/carouselhorses.php\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hand-carved horses<\/a> and two decorative chariots. While still in working condition, it is over 100 years old and has undergone many rounds of repair and maintenance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-hashtags=\"carousel+horses,kids+birthday+party,merry+go+round\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.carouselandrockinghorses.com\/blog\/nyc-central-park-carousel\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This ride has been popular since it first opened in 1871. Since then the carousel has been replaced several times. According to the Park&#8217;s website, the Department of Parks and Recreation searched for a replacement in 1950 and found one abandoned in an old trolley terminal in Brooklyn\u2019s Coney Island. &#8220;Originally crafted in 1908 by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5,21,13],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NYC Central Park Carousel - Positive Parenting Tips<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carouselandrockinghorses.com\/blog\/nyc-central-park-carousel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYC Central Park Carousel - Positive Parenting Tips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This ride has been popular since it first opened in 1871. 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