Central Park - 1875

 

Scenic landscape showing the Lake of Central Park and the Bow Bridge in the distance. Carriages and people walking in the park. Unknown author. Illustration created / published 1875. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Planning for the Park began in the 1850s. Sparsely populated, it was home to small farms, industrial uses, and dwellings scattered between areas of marshland and rocky hills. Central Park was officially opened in 1876. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park influenced the development of urban parks in the United States and is widely regarded a masterpiece of landscape architecture. Central Park is a National Historic Landmark (1963) and a Scenic Landscape of the City of New York (1974).

 

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