My favorite pun--"Central Perk"--is so apt that the Central Park Conservancy has adopted it. As well they should. It so accurately captures all that the city has done to "rescue the park from decay and restore it to its original vision," as the mailer reads (see photo at the bottom).

In fact, here's what Olmstead had to say on the subject:

“Crowded thoroughfares have nothing in common with the park proper, but everything at variance with those agreeable sentiments which we should wish the park to inspire.”

I somehow doubt that back in 1858, Olmstead and Vaux envisioned this guy, with a permit more than a year post-expiration, parking in the middle of park. Not just once, but all the time. Here's the same vehicle, parked in the same spot, on November 16, 2006:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/644

And he doesn't just park here, either. Here he is on a third occasion, like a regular shade tree mechanic, idling the engine and doing some maintenance right out on the bridle path on the weekend:

The bottom line is that all the NYPD and other city employees who work near here abuse the public trust by parking here. If a civilian tries to collect evidence to bring the abuse to light, they get questioned, as I did on on one occasion:

Want in on Central Perks? Sorry--its only open to civil servants. Cost to participants: $0. Cost to the rest of New York: Priceless.