Answer: At the Central Park Zoo with the George Delacorte Musical Clock in the background. From 8:00 am — 5:00 pm on the hour and half-hour, one of 26 nursery rhyme tunes plays while a bear with tambourine, a hippopotamus with violin, a goat with pan pipes, a kangaroo and offspring with horns, and a penguin with drum glide around the base of the clock. In addition, on the hour two monkeys on the top of the clock appear to strike a bell. See http://www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/delacorte-music-clock.html.
Answer: At Carnegie Hall (7th Ave and 57th St.), which was built by Andrew Carnegie in 1891.
Answer: In the fountain at Columbus Circle.
Answer: In Central Park with the Eaglevale Bridge in the background. (77th Street and Central Park West). The bridge went to what was once Ladies' Pond, reserved for ladies-only ice skating in the 1890s. It was ladies' only because to put skates on, women had to expose their ankles. In 1936, the pond was filled in.
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