Cleopatra’s Needle is New York City’s oldest outdoor monument; it’s been around for a whopping 3,500 (!) years, and has spent the past 133 of those in Central Park. This spring, it’s getting gently blasted with laser beams—all in the name of conservation.
The Central Park Conservancy has teamed up with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and NYC Department of Parks & Recreation to take on the cleaning project which, despite the fact that fact that the Obelisk has weathered the elements for millennia, will actually be a pretty delicate procedure.
via Gizmodo
Image: Central Park Conservancy
