New York City might be known as the concrete jungle, but its parks have been an ever-present part of this bustling metropolis from the beginning. The city's 30,000 acres of parks serve as an escape for New Yorkers and serve the city itself in many unseen ways.

Will Gleason, the North American content director for Time Out, joined New York Living to share fun things to do in New York City, for free.

Well over a century after his death, a New York photographer is remembered, and history comes to life.