[The streets in Brooklyn were clear today for these women to walk their dogs in the road. More pictures of post-snowfall frolicking inside. Image via Getty]

Media mogul Barry Diller was driving his Maserati through a snowy Central Park this morning when it got stuck. Luckily Katie Couric happened by to help push it out—in the wrong direction. Rich people really don't "get" snow.

[Sure, some people were trapped inside, stranded at the airport, or forced to shovel, but others still managed to have some fun in Central Park with all the fresh snow. Image via Getty]

[Crowds flocked to the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park today to memorialize the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Image via Getty]

Why pay for an overpriced, tiny hotel room in Manhattan when you can sleep for free high up in one of Central Park's 24,000 trees? That's what Cory and Dana Foht have been doing for the past two months.

Central Park has seen a 45% increase in crime this year—including seven rapes, up from zero in 2009. The culprit? The bad economy, which apparently brings more people to the park, and then induces them to commit crimes.

Jesse Wasserman was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly robbing three people in Central Park using a fake gun. Wasserman, it turns out, is a former prep school kid from tony New Rochelle. It's a suburban horror story!

Just when you thought it was safe to go to Central Park with a basket of cheese and things like that, whoa, stop. Crime in Central Park is skyrocketing more than anywhere else. Are you in terrible danger? (Probably).

As sure a sign as any that New York is slowly returning to the recession-plagued madness of the '70s and '80s, Central Park is now full of rabid raccoons. There's an outbreak! 114 new cases this year alone. [NYDN]

A tree branch fell on 33 year-old Karla Riccuitti of Union City, NJ and her baby girl yesterday as they posed for a picture outside Central Park Zoo. 6 month-old Gianna Riccuitti was killed, and her mother was seriously injured as the father looked on.

My potentially single imaginary boyfriend Prince Harry is coming to NYC this afternoon for a few days. His itinerary: visit the Intrepid, watch the Mets, race in Central Park, and attend a polo match on Sunday. Let the stalking begin!

Paris Hilton took the Wall Street Journal on a tour of her childhood home, the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. She manages to do this without stepping foot in the building—and talking only about herself.

[The bridle path in Central Park is a little bit more colorful these days now that the cherry blossoms are making their annual appearance. Image via SpecialKRB's Flickr]

A judge has ruled that the city—not the restaurant's previous operator—controls the name of the famous tourist trap, which closed January 1. Thank God. Now when it reopens, our grandmother won't drag us to "Tavern on the Park."

If you live in New York, you know Central Park is - despite smog-spewing cars blazing through it, kids who shit everywhere, dogs who shit everywhere, tourists who're everywhere, and facepalm-worthy Beatles tributes at Strawberry Fields - pretty magical. But!

It has been snowing since yesterday morning. It is not the Snowpocalypse or Snowmageddon or Snowicane. It is just snow. It happens every year. And it is awesome, glorious, and beautiful. But when it's done being those things, it sucks.

[... But this picture is so delightful. It makes us love New York so. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Image via Getty]

Ugh, horrible and scary: A man was killed by a falling tree limb in Central Park this afternoon. Nowhere in this city is apparently safe anymore. (Also: first whales, now trees? Is something happening?) [NYT] [Image via CentralPark.com]

[Go ahead laugh at this man falling over in Sheep's Meadow in Central Park during a 1993 snow storm. It won't be so funny tomorrow when you try to trudge your way to work through the snow. Image via Getty]

Though it's awful and freezing today, New York is still a pretty wonderful place. Always has been! As proof, we've found some delightful videos of old tourism promos for the city, from the '30s through the '60s. Enjoy!