The 4-mile-long, 550-acre Hudson River Park is nearing completion and is the largest park built in Manhattan since Central Park opened more than 150 years ago.

Former Hudson River Park Conservancy president Tom Fox offers an insider's look at the park's expansion and the conflicts it has spawned among community activis

The year 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the design of Central Park, the first and arguably the most famous of America’s urban landscape parks. In October