Strawberry Fields, John Lennon Memorial

Admission: Free

ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience, Good Place to Relax, Pop Culture, Park / Garden

Located in Central Park, Strawberry Fields encompasses 2.5 acres dedicated to Beatles band member John Lennon. Opened in 1985, five years after Lennon was murdered outside his home at The Dakota apartments, the memorial is named after The Beatles’ hit “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The focus of the memorial is a stone mosaic with inlaid tiles spelling out the word “Imagine,” named after another famous Beatles’ song. This is where you’ll catch impromptu jam sessions by fans, especially on the anniversary dates of John Lennon’s birthday on October 9 and death on December 8. It’s also a place for vigils, such as after the September 11th attacks, as well as memorials for other beloved musicians. While the entire memorial is a place of peace, the Garden of Peace is particularly special, filled with plant life and rocks donated by 150 different countries for contemplative meditation.

To get to the memorial, visitors should enter at Central Park West at West 72nd Street. To get there using the subway, take the A,B,C,1,2,3 to 72nd Street.

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Review by Jane P, Australia, May 2013
Doing what: New York City Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Shopping and Top of the Rock

This tour is great value! Woodbury Common shopping was unbelievable, great bargains, great shops and great service. Top of the Empire State Building was fantastic! The tour guides were very informative, good value.

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Review by jeremy s, April 2013
Doing what: New York City Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Ellis Island Ferry Ticket and Top of the Rock or Empire State Building

Everything about the deal was excellent; the buses were frequent, clean and accessible for my disabled daughter, the tour guides were friendly, entertaining and informative and the "extras", like the boat tour and tickets for Top of the Rock, were cherries on top of the icing on top of the cake! We even got VIP passes that got us to a table in the Hardrock Cafe, Times Square in 5 minutes and not the 90 minutes everyone else was waiting for! I would definitely recommend this ticket to anyone thinking of visiting NYC and would go back again tomorrow if I could.

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Review by Christine P, April 2013
Doing what: New York City Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Shopping and Top of the Rock

This was a great value for money tour - we used all tickets - except museum - and thoroughly enjoyed them all.

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