Lorna McNeur "Soul of the City - Journey to the Centre: When Central Park Heals New York City"

Lorna McNeur is a Retired University Lecturer in Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK

She enjoys urban analysis, exploring symbolic aspects, metaphors, and parallels of Cities and Gardens

This Talk will be given in storytelling format, presenting seven stories, in videos, about the unfolding story of how Central Park heals New York City. 

Through the journey of the alchemy of art & architecture, and active imagination, we see how the journey of this island city, is symbolic of the journey of individuation and the discovery of Self; the nugget of gold at the sacred heart centre.

Manhattan is an island that has Central Park at its geographical centre. Central Park is a green island in the midst of the urban extreme, called New York City.  A green reservoir in the centre of the city, Central Park is a sacred oasis, sitting at the centre of Manhattan. This presentation reveals the process…