Panoramic Photograph of Central Park in 1952

Panoramic photo, looking north, taken from the top of a building, featuring Central Park and the surrounding cityscape. Photograph taken in November 1952 by Angelo Rizzuto (1906-1967). Source: Anthony Angel Collection / Library of Congress.

Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park influenced the development of urban parks in the United States of America and is widely regarded a masterpiece of landscape architecture. In 1963, it is a National Historic Landmark and a Scenic Landscape of the City of New York, in 1974.

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