Central Park Conservancy Central Park Conservancy Launches Five Borough Crew Central Park has never looked more beautiful The urban park management expertise developed and honed by the Conservancy over the last 34 years is now being shared with parks throughout New York City
East Meadow - Central Park Conservancy But it has always been a place of magnificent trees, including some of Central Park’s prized American elms The East Meadow is one of the Park’s three major meadows—expansive open spaces that were intended to evoke the countryside and provide a respite from the confined conditions of urban life
The History of Central Park’s Drives Central Park was intended to be a respite from the stresses of city life, but in order to set it apart from the urban grid, Olmsted and Vaux sought to create a network of paths and roads specifically designed to avoid “competition between uses” and “subtly direct movement through the landscape ”
Central Park, An American Masterpiece Central Park, An American Masterpiece A Comprehensive History of the Nation’s First Urban Park By Sara Cedar Miller Online Bibliography PRIMARY SOURCES Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, (New York, 1857-1870)
CENTRAL PARK MAP CENTRAL PARK MAP Hours Central Park opens at 6:00 am and closes at 1:00 am, 365 days a year Visitor Centers and Facilities Start your trip at a visitor center Look for this icon on the map Charles A Dana Discovery Center 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street Dairy Visitor Center Gift Shop
Central Park Conservancy Celebrate Pride in Central Park with Conservancy guides as we take a dive into the LGBTQ+ community’s dynamic history and influence on the world‘s most famous urban park
A Walk Through History and Culture | Central Park Conservancy When Central Park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux set out to create a great public space, they had no idea how the Park would come to represent generations of local and national history Discover Seneca Village, a pre-Park community that was home to a large population of land-owning Black Americans
What’s Blooming This Summer in Central Park Between the cheerful flowers of spring and the vibrant foliage of fall, a variety of plants bloom during Central Park’s lively summer months Visit these must-see spots in the Park this summer to find picturesque blooms