Editing Strawberry Fields (memorial) (section)

=== Creation ===
In April 1981, a patch of land in Central Park, near the Dakota Apartments where Lennon lived with Ono, was officially named "Strawberry Fields" in his memory.<ref>{{cite web | title=The City; Central Park Section To Honor Lennon | website=The New York Times | date=April 17, 1981 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/the-city-central-park-section-to-honor-lennon.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> That August, it was announced that Strawberry Fields would be completely renovated and landscaped, since at the time, Strawberry Fields was located in an isolated median between [[West Drive (Manhattan)|West Drive]] and two [[slip road]]s of [[72nd Street (Manhattan)|72nd Street]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Krebs | first1=Albin | last2=Thomas | first2=Robert McG. | title=NOTES ON PEOPLE; Strawberry Fields Is in for a Restoration | website=The New York Times | date=August 22, 1981 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/nyregion/notes-on-people-strawberry-fields-is-in-for-a-restoration.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Yoko Ono requested that the rebuilt memorial be a "living memorial" rather than a statue; according to NYC Parks landscape architect Arne Abramowitz, Ono believed that "there are enough statues in Central Park".<ref name=":0" />

The memorial was designed by Bruce Kelly, the chief landscape architect for the [[Central Park Conservancy]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Dunlap | first=David W. | title=Bruce Kelly, 44, Architect of Strawberry Fields | website=The New York Times | date=January 23, 1993 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/23/obituaries/bruce-kelly-44-architect-of-strawberry-fields.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> Construction on the project started in April 1984.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Anderson | first1=Susan Heller | last2=Bird | first2=David | title=NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Ground Is Broken For Strawberry Fields | website=The New York Times | date=March 22, 1984 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/22/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-ground-is-broken-for-strawberry-fields.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> Strawberry Fields was dedicated on what would have been Lennon's 45th birthday, October 9, 1985, by Ono and mayor [[Ed Koch]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Dowd | first=Maureen | title=STRAWBERRY FIELDS 'GARDEN OF PEACE' OPENS TODAY | website=The New York Times | date=October 9, 1985 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/09/nyregion/strawberry-fields-garden-of-peace-opens-today.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> Speaking on behalf of the [[United Nations]] at the dedication was [[Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar]], the UN [[first lady]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Memorial to Lennon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/09/world/united-nations-calendar.html |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 October 1985 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114231419/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/09/world/united-nations-calendar.html |archive-date=14 January 2024 |location=New York, New York |page=A11 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The "Imagine" mosaic was not placed on sufficient foundation and began to noticeably sink in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/09/13/imagine-mosaic-sinking-park |title='Imagine' Mosaic Sinking in Park |date=September 13, 2007 |access-date=September 22, 2009 |first=Maggie |last=Astor |work=Columbia Daily Spectator}}</ref>