NYC – Central Park: Strawberry Fields – Imagine Mosaic, originally uploaded by wallyg.
Once a fairly nondescript area stretching from 71st to 74th streets, it was transformed into its present, superbly landscaped condition through a gift from Yoko Ono. She presented Strawberry Fields to the park as a memorial to her husband, the late John Lennon, after his murder in front of the Dakota apartment house on Central Park West in 1980. It was named not only for the Beatles’ well-known song, “Strawberry Fields Forever,” but also for an orphanage in Liverpool, England here as a child Lennon played with friends who lived there.
Are there any actual strawberries in Strawberry Fields? well, it seems that plantings of strawberry bushes have not been successful due to a scarcity of sun in this quarter of the park. Only a few scattered bushes are to be found among its rich variety of shrubs. An official plaque calls the site a “Garden of Peace.”
Visitors paying homage to Lennon seek out a circular black and white mosaic set in a pathway. A gift of the city of Naples, Italy, a single word in the center recalls another one of Lennon’s songs: “Imagine.”
Central Park National Register #66000538
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John Lennon was not a jealous person. His song Imagine is about rising above differences, and perceived separation between all things.
let the spirit of “Imagine” bring you closer to your new love..
He feels no jealousy about your former loves, yes?
My boyfriend and his ex wife were obsessed with lennon and the beatles during their relationship, which ended over 12 years ago. They visited NYC and Central Park, and presumably, of course, this monument. Although he is a musician, I have never heard him gush about the Beatles or Lennon. Recently, the ex was moving, and his 13 year old daughter gave him an IMAGINE black and white poster that the ex got as a gift and “didnt want”. He and I live together, and I am very offended by this. I see it as a symbol of their common interest, and do not want it around. I want him to get rid of it. He went ballistic and got defensive and screeching and said I was acting jealous. I say, If he knows it bothers me, and it doesn’t mean anything, get rid of it. The fact that he is so defensive and defiant means it does mean alot, more than my feelings do. It presently sits behind the door of a spare room. Any feedback?
I love this memorial.
“imagine” is so spritual, it really gets to you if you know the meaning.
Love to John from Mongolia!