Central Park

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	Central Park
Designer	Frederick Law Olmsted
Location	New York, New York, USA
Date	1853 to 1878,
Building Type	large urban park, landscape
Climate	temperate
Context	urban
Architectural Style	Romantic, Neoclassical, etc.
Street Address
Notes	With Calvert Vaux. The heart and lungs of Manhattan, a wonderful green park of created landscape and scenery right in the middle of New York City.
At Great Buildings	http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Central_Park.html

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

	Central Park
Designer	Vaux, Calvert
Location	New York, New York, USA
Date	1866
Building Type	Urban Park, Landscape
Construction System	Stone, Brick, Iron
Architectural Style	Gothic
Street Address	Bounded by Central Park S., 5th Ave., Central Park W., 110th St. Walk Score
Notes

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National Register of Historic Places
Name	Central Park
ID Number	66000538
NRHP Status	Listed In The National Register
Certification Date	10/15/1966
Level of Significance	National
NRHP Documents	Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf)

Central Park Commentary

"In 1884 poet William Cullen Bryant among others began calling for a public park, observing that commerce was devoring great chunks of Manhattan and the population sweeping over the rest...

"During the initial 20 years of construction, 10 million cartloads of dirt were shifted, 4-5 million trees of 632 species and 815 varieties of vines, alpine plants, and hardy perennials were planted, and half a million cubic yards of topsoil were spread over the existing poor soil (some of it recovered from the organic refuse of the garbage dump). Sixty-two miles of ceramic pipe were laid to drain marshy areas and to supply water to lawns where hydrants were installed."

— Carol von Pressentin Wright, Blue Guide New York, 1991 2nd Ed. p404-405.

The Creator's Words

"As there are many modes and means of open-air recreation, so there are many kinds of public pleasure-grounds. The formal promenade or plaza is perhaps the simplest type. Broad gravel-ways well shaded by trees afford pleasant out-of-door halls where crowds may mingle in an easy social life, the value of which is better understood in Southern Europe and in Spanish America than in the United States."

— Frederick Law Olmsted, ArchitectureWeek No. 483, 2010.0721, pC1.1. Originally published in 1895.

Details

Open from dawn to midnight.

Size: 843 acres.

Address

Bounded by 59th Street (Central Park South), 110th Street (Central Park North), Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue (Central Park West).

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• "How to Create a Park," by Frederick Law Olmsted, ArchitectureWeek No. 483, 2010.0721, pC1-1.
• National Register of Historic Places

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• http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=388&resourceType=District
• http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000538.nl.pdf
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