From this discontent, Central Park was born.
It’s even the most filmed location in the world.
So, what makes this park so special and why is it such an important example of landscape architecture?
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Read on to learn more about New York City’s iconic Central Park.
The park was marketed as a park for the people and meant to be accessible to everyone.
The entranceways, for example, were not designed with grand archways or with significant signage.
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The park should not blend in or integrate into New York City.
Instead, it would come to a clear end that would bluntly contrast city and nature.
When he was appointed in 1934, the park was in serious disrepair.
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TheCentral Park Conservancyis a nonprofit that now manages the park and ensures its history and design is preserved.
Though it was not the only village taken over, it made a significant impact.
About 20% of New York Citys property-owning African-American population was displaced when Seneca Village was torn down.
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The community was about two-thirds African American and one-third Irish immigrants, though some German immigrants also lived there.
Researchers in the 1990s uncovered items that helped the world remember the once vibrant community.
Information can be found on signage in Central Park near the area where the community once stood.
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Two grand staircases frame the scene from beyond the fountain and connect both levels of the terrace.
The name belvedere comes translates to beautiful view in Italian.
The current carousel is the fourth of its kind.
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The Central Park Zoo is now part of five facilities operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The Mall, or Literary Walk, is the only deliberate straight line in the parks design.
It is also the central formal promenade and was designed aligned with the designers park for the people mission.
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It was meant to prove that people of all different backgrounds could coexist in one public space.
It was originally proposed by Olmsted and Vaux so you can store rowboats.
Real sheep enjoyed Sheep Meadow from 1864 to 1934 until the city park commissioner Robert Moses removed them.
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Wollman Rink
The Wollman Ice Rink is at the southeast corner of Central Park.
It was first built in 1949 when a portion of the lake was drained to make room for skating.
This map of Central Park shows where the biggest attractions are located.
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