Next year, the cost of the nearly complete restoration work at the North Meadow will by itself add $450,000 to the conservancy's annual budget.

He said that Central Park's North Meadow, with 10 fields, was able to fence off two at a time.

Soon the North Meadow will be off limits to dogs, and after that, who knows?

The police estimated more than 125,000 on the lawn, and there were at least 5,000 in the North Meadow.

And the grass at the North Meadow, where we've held smaller events like concerts, can take it.

It wasn't, of course, though the 25-acre area around the stage in the North Meadow might have seemed that way.

Others were not so reverent about the setup in the North Meadow, which drew 4,000 out of a predicted 50,000 to 150,000 people.

Today, few such examples remain, but some can be seen in the North Meadow at Cricklade.

As a compromise, the city suggested Central Park's North Meadow.

But until this work is finished there will be crowding and conflict over use of remaining park space, particularly in the North Meadow.