Central Park

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Central Park is the fifth largest park in the city, covering 843 acres and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually. This massive green space at the center of Manhattan spans 51 city blocks from north to south and three avenues from east to west.

Established, July 21, 1853
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New York State Legislature passed the act establishing the Park.  

Constructed, 1857
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The design by Olmsted and Vaux included internal roads for open-air driving and a grassy stretch - aptly called Sheep Meadow - where sheep grazed until 1934.

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The biologically diverse ecosystem has several hundred species of flora and fauna

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The urban park lies between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan

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It is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016, and is the most filmed location in the world

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Recreational activities include carriage-horse and bicycle tours, bicycling, sports facilities, and concerts and events such as Shakespeare in the Park

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In 1857, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition for the park with their "Greensward Plan".

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Its size and cultural position make it a model for the world's urban parks.

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ASSOCIATED SITES
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Landscape
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The Mall & Literary Walk
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The Mall & Literary Walk

Olmsted, Vaux & Co

Park

Summit Rock
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Summit Rock

Park

Strawberry Fields
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Strawberry Fields

Park

Central Park Zoo
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Central Park Zoo

Park

Public Art
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Imagine Mosaic in Central Park
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Imagine Mosaic in Central Park

Bruce Kelly, Jook Leung, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Mosaic

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Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park
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Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park

Meredith Gang Bergmann

Sculpture

General Jose de San Martin
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General Jose de San Martin

Sculpture

Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

Milton Hebald

Sculpture

Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (Self-Portrait)
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Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (Self-Portrait)

Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Alexander Hamilton in Central Park
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Alexander Hamilton in Central Park

Carl Conrads, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Lombard Lamp
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Lombard Lamp

Carl Borner, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Street Furniture

Balto
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Balto

Frederick George Richard Roth, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Balto

Sculpture

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Simon Bolivar Monument
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Simon Bolivar Monument

Sally Jane Farnham, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Arsenal
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Arsenal

Martin E. Thompson, Jacob Wrey Mould, Allan Saalburg

Art Space, Military

Johann Christoph Frederich von Schiller
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Johann Christoph Frederich von Schiller

C. L. Richter, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Falconer
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Falconer

George Blackall Simonds, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Giuseppe Mazzini
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Giuseppe Mazzini

Giovanni Turini, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Mother Goose
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Mother Goose

Frederick George Richard Roth, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Friedel Memorial Drinking Fountain
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Friedel Memorial Drinking Fountain

Mark Rabinowitz, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Fountain

William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare

John Quincy Adams Ward, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

City Employees War Memorial
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City Employees War Memorial

Otto Langman, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Installation

John Purroy Mitchel Memorial
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John Purroy Mitchel Memorial

Thomas Hastings, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Robert Burns Statue in Central Park
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Robert Burns Statue in Central Park

Sir John Steell, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Christian Andersen

Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

U.S.S. Maine Monument
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U.S.S. Maine Monument

Attilio Piccirilli, H. van Buren Magonigle, Central Park Conservancy

Sculpture

Naumburg Bandshell
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Naumburg Bandshell

Tachau and Vaught, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Plaque

Thomas Moore
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Thomas Moore

Dennis B. Sheahan, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Tempest
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Tempest

Milton Hebald, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

King Wladyslaw Jagiello
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King Wladyslaw Jagiello

Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostrowski, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Eagles and Prey
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Eagles and Prey

Christophe Fratin, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Samuel Finley Breese Morse
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Byron M. Pickett, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Group of Bears
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Group of Bears

Bruce Kelly / David Varnell, Paul Manship, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Loeb Memorial Fountain
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Loeb Memorial Fountain

Frederick George Richard Roth, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Fountain

Untermyer Fountain
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Untermyer Fountain

Walter Schott

Fountain

Jose Julian Marti
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Jose Julian Marti

Louis Joseph Daumas, Clarke & Rapuano, NYC Parks Department

Sculpture

Cleopatra's Needle
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Cleopatra's Needle

Sculpture

Alice in Wonderland
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Alice in Wonderland

Jose de Creeft, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture, Publication

Pilgrim
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Pilgrim

John Quincy Adams Ward, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Tisch Children's Zoo Gate
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Tisch Children's Zoo Gate

Paul Manship, Aymar Embury II, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Street Furniture

For Want of a Nail
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For Want of a Nail

Arts For Transit Collaborative, MTA Arts & Design

Mosaic

Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ludwig van Beethoven

Henry Baerer, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Daniel Webster Statue in Central Park
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Daniel Webster Statue in Central Park

Thomas Ball, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Victor Herbert statue in Central Park
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Victor Herbert statue in Central Park

Edmond T. Quinn, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Fitz Greene Halleck statue in Central Park
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Fitz Greene Halleck statue in Central Park

James Wilson, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Sir Walter Scott statue in Central Park
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Sir Walter Scott statue in Central Park

Sir John Steell, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park
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Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park

Jeronimo Sunol, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Seventh Regiment Memorial in Central Park
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Seventh Regiment Memorial in Central Park

John Quincy Adams Ward, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Sculpture

Architecture
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum

Events and Stories
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Parade for Returning Home from WW1
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Parade for Returning Home from WW1

Celebration

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