architecture, C of A, Calvert Vaux, Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, parks
By Intern Kate G. Whenever you hear about Central Park, a 843 acre urban oasis, the names that immediately come to mind are Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. And rightly so, since they are the designers/brains behind the Greensward Plan, Central...
Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, parks, preservation
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P. Cherry Hill Concourse, following the 1980s renovation. Thirty years ago, architect Gerald Allen, under the auspices of Peter Gluck & Associates, breathed fresh life into the Cherry Hill Concourse in Central...
C of A, Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, Friends of the UES, Historic Districts Council, Scenic Landmark
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P.In 1980, with the founding of the Central Park Conservancy, our City’s first Scenic Landmark–Central Park, designated in 1974–began a miraculous transformation. Decades of neglect were slowly and...
