Advocacy, Calvert Vaux, Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, When the Process Works
The Belvedere “Castle” (actually a Victorian Folly) is set to reopen after a lengthy renovation. Its current incarnation, still capping Vista Rock is the closest it has been to the Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmstead and Jacob Wrey Mould version...
Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire
And although Central Park is a “big” 843 acres of a Scenic Landmark, there always seems to be new ways to fill it! Pre-dating the park was a reservoir which is being summoned from the ashes as justification for a wide path to the Belvedere Castle Folly....
Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, Central Park West, Mariners' Gate, Mariners' Playground, Plan for Play, public design commission, Scenic Landmark, Spector Playground, Watch List, West 85th Street, When the Process Works
The Central Parks Conservancy is planning to overhaul their playground near the Mariners’ Gate entrance, 85th Street and Central Park West. Designed for 2-5 year olds, the playground renovation is part of the Conservancy’s “Plan for Play”...
Advocacy, Beaux Arts, Carrere and Hastings, Central Park Conservancy, public design commission, Scenic Landmark
LANDMARK WEST! celebrates a victory in the proposed Grand Army Plaza restoration that that was heard yesterday, June 24, at the Public Design Commission (PDC). The Central Park Conservancy’s plan to rehabilitate the plaza, an individual scenic landmark and...
Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Media, NY Eater, NY Times, Wall Street Journal
Tavern on the Green, Central Park*Tavern on the Green, the legendary dining destination inside Central Park at West 67th Street, will soon rise again. But unlike the famously glitzy, high-priced restaurant of days gone by, the new Tavern on the Green (the name...
Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, social media, twitter
Photo, taken with Instagram, via @jamiezoobThis picture of fall in Central Park is so stunning; had to share it. Happy fall, everyone! Get out there and enjoy the City’s first Scenic Landmark: Central...
