Plumping first to explore the city's northern reaches, take a stroll through Central Park's astoundingly uncrowded avenues, from Columbus Circle all the way up to Central Park North.

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Cross the railway lines and walk off your meal with an amble through Schnelli Park, just a short stroll from the medieval magnificence of the Old Town.

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In 1954, two teen-age girls in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, murdered the mother of one of them after tea and a stroll through a park.

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