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The Park is now framed, enveloped even, by the city, but there was no escaping the recognition that this city— c ontrived, man-made, glaringly obtrusive, consuming wasteful and staggering quantities of electricity and water and energy—was very beautiful. I ’ m not sure why it should be so beautiful; I don ’ t have the vocabulary to describe its appeal. But there it was: the city at night, viewed from what was meant to be an escape from it, shimmering.