Come to Central Park
Author | : Pamela King |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781513602424 |
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Author | : Pamela King |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781513602424 |
Author | : Cynthia S. Brenwall |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 958 |
Release | : 2019-04-16 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1683353188 |
A pictorial history of the development of New York City’s Central Park from conception to completion. Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before. A virtual time machine that takes the reader on a journey through the park as it was originally envisioned, The Central Park is both a magnificent art book and a message from the past about what brilliant urban planning can do for a great city.
Author | : Andrew Zega |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0847840794 |
"Whether depicted as originally designed or in contemporary portraits, Central Park's architectural and ornamental highlights are delineated in ravishing watercolors rendered in exquisite detail. With chapters firmly grounded by extensive research and informed by a broad knowledge of architectural and social history--complemented by numerous contemporary and archival photographs, as well as maps of the park--the authors examine the actors, intentions and ideas guiding the creation and evolution of this national treasure and delve into its many extraordinary details, offering us a fresh vision of New York's beloved Central Park"--Dust jacket.
Author | : Sara Cedar Miller |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231543905 |
Winner - 2023 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize, UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes With more than eight hundred sprawling green acres in the middle of one of the world’s densest cities, Central Park is an urban masterpiece. Designed in the middle of the nineteenth century by the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it is a model for city parks worldwide. But before it became Central Park, the land was the site of farms, businesses, churches, wars, and burial grounds—and home to many different kinds of New Yorkers. This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America’s first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history. She tells the stories of Indigenous hunters, enslaved people and enslavers, American patriots and British loyalists, the Black landowners of Seneca Village, Irish pig farmers, tavern owners, Catholic sisters, Jewish protesters, and more. Miller unveils a British fortification and camp during the Revolutionary War, a suburban retreat from the yellow fever epidemics at the turn of the nineteenth century, and the properties that a group of free Black Americans used to secure their right to vote. Tales of political chicanery, real estate speculation, cons, and scams stand alongside democratic idealism, the striving of immigrants, and powerfully human lives. Before Central Park shows how much of the history of early America is still etched upon the landscapes of Central Park today.
Author | : Adam Gamble |
Publisher | : Good Night Books |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2011-11-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1602191131 |
Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the continent’s natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area's attractions and rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place. From the statues to the street performers, the most interesting aspects and features of Central Park are explored in the colorful book, including the zoo, the various pools and ponds, Lasker Pool and Rink, and the Conservatory Garden. Visitors to the Big Apple or children that call New York City home will love reading about the famous urban park.
Author | : Morrison H. Heckscher |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Central Park (New York, N.Y.) |
ISBN | : 0300136692 |
The year 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the design of Central Park, the first and arguably the most famous of America’s urban landscape parks. In October 1857 the new park’s board of commissioners announced a public design competition, and the following April the imaginative yet practicable "Greensward” plan submitted by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted was selected. This book tells the fascinating story of how an extraordinary work of public art emerged from the crucible of New York City politics. From William Cullen Bryant’s 1844 editorial calling for "a pleasure ground of shade and recreation” to the completion of construction in 1870, the history of Central Park is an urban epic--a tale not only of animosity, political intrigue, and desire but also of idealism, sacrifice, and genius.
Author | : Roy Rosenzweig |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801497513 |
Delineate the politicians, business people, artists, immigrant laborers, and city dwellers who are the key players in the tale. In tracing the park's history, the writers also give us the history of New York. They explain how squabbles over politics, taxes, and real estate development shaped the park and describe the acrimonious debates over what a public park should look like, what facilities it should offer, and how it should accommodate the often incompatible.
Author | : Rick Trout |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781543041972 |
Christopher Middleton, a sixteen-year-old boy who moves in with his eccentric great aunt on the Upper East Side of New York City, discovers that the park he must cross on his way to school isn't what it appears. It's alive with talking statues, and visions from the past, as well as a mystery that will lead him to the most important discovery of his life, all in the midst of his many challenges at school. Part coming of age story and part treasure hunt, Central Park Story will take the reader on a humorous and entertaining adventure through one of the most visited locations in the world, historic Central Park in New York City.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2005-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Vornberger's spectacular photography, interspersed with his comments about birds, the park, and photography, will appeal to all bird-watchers, nature lovers, photography aficionados, and visitors to New York's Central Park. Packaged inside the book is a removable foldout pocket guide.
Author | : |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2003-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Marking the park's 150th anniversary, this first definitive history celebrates the splendor and significance of this national treasure. 316 illustrations, 200 in color.