central Park, Inside Seleneca's Dome
Central Park is within a domed structure, central to the plan of the city. The shell of the dome is solid, filled with more than 4 meters of lunar regolith acting as a radiation shield. The Dome sits upon a cylindrical “drum” of concrete and titanium that measures 210 meters (689 ft) in diameter and 33 meters (108.26 ft) high. The base is surrounded by up to 9-story buildings that face toward the central space. At its apex, the Dome measures 73 meters (239.5 ft) high from its base, putting its apex at 106 meters (347.77 ft) high above the ground in the center of Central Park.
In contrast to the ceilings painted blue in the streets, the ceiling above central park is black, like the sky above Seleneca. The ceiling has a system of display screens that sometimes show a live feed from cameras outside of the dome, visual light displays, and portions can display important public announcements.
In addition to city offices, the municipal buildings provide cultural event space. Terraces at multiple levels, publicly accessible most of the time, offer views of the large, enclosed space from different vantage points. It is possible to climb the towers to get an even higher view, and you can also climb to the top of the dome for a breathtaking view of the lunar landscape beyond the city from the viewing cupola. The buildings surrounding Central Park house offices and hotels in the upper floors with ground floor uses catering to the businesses, tourists, and park visitors. Notice that on top of the offices of the Seleneca Company (pink building), stands a giant gold statue of the City’s patron, the goddess Selene.
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The Muni Cafe
The Muni Cafe is located at the ground level of the tower connected to the Muni. It is a popular spot any time of the day by locals and visitors alike. The menu is simple, and it is a great spot to stop and refresh when enjoying the Park, or to have a small business meeting, or to just visit and take in the long views and high ceiling. Watching folks taking pictures at the monolith is fun too.
Golden Selene
The golden statue of Selene on top of the Seleneca Company building at the 500 block of Central Park measures 4.86 meters tall. The statue was commissioned 30 years ago and has been in storage waiting to be installed in this locations since then. It was a gift to the Company from a past president of the LunaTek Corporation who served on both board of directors for a while.
The Black Monolith
What would a city on the moon be without a reference to the famous Stanley Kubrick film, 2001 A Space Odyssey? The monolith is made from lunar glass, colored black with dark volcanic basalt. When you put your face up to it covering the surrounding light with your hands, you can begin to make out distorted images transferred through the glass. It is recessed into to floor in reference to the movie where it was excavated from a location 15 meters below Tycho Crater. This one is smaller because the founders did not want it to dominate the space. It uses the correct proportion of 1:4:9 derived from the base 12: 22: 32. As you can imagine, it is well loved by tourists.
