Central Park Conservancy, Inc.

We are setting up this GoFundMe to honor the memory of my father, Dr. Nicholas Kipshidze, who passed away on Christmas Eve 2024 at the age of 72. He will be laid to rest on January 5th, 2025, in Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi, Georgia, alongside his beloved parents, Nodar and Leli Kipshidze.

Having spent much of his life between Tbilisi and New York City, he left a lasting imprint on both cities. In New York, where we lived on the Upper East Side just steps from Central Park, he was a familiar and cherished figure. After I ventured out to college and then graduate school, he moved to midtown but stayed just steps away from the park that holds so many of our shared memories.

To honor his life and legacy, we are planning to install a small stone engraving in Gilder Run, Central Park. This spot, near the 86th Street entrance and just steps from the Met Museum, holds a special place in our hearts, reminding us of countless cherished moments spent together.

We hope to provide a place in NYC for family, friends, and colleagues to remember and celebrate his life. Your contributions will help us commemorate a man who deeply touched the lives of many, ensuring his memory continues to inspire and comfort us all.

Thank you for helping us preserve his legacy in a place he loved dearly.

We are currently fundraising to dedicate a bench in Central Park to all the people who have died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and those that love them. All of us have lost people to epilepsy. The bench would be a place we could sit alone or together to honor those lost.

This bench will not bear any name of a person or any institution. It will stand as a small monument of love and loss. Once it is marked (which takes 6 months), we will hold a small ceremony there.

The cost of the dedication is $10,000. Small gifts are welcome. All gifts are tax deductible and go to central park.