Creating Central Park / Morrison H. Hecksher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heckscher, Morrison H.

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Urban parks--New York (State)--New York--History.

Urban parks.

History.

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Central Park (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin New ser., v. 65, no. 3 (winter 2008)

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2008]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This publication celebrates the sesquicentennial of the design of Central Park, one of the most famous American urban landscapes. In October 1857, the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park advertised a public design competition for their new park. The winning submission, announced in April 1858, was that of the English-trained architect Calvert Vaux and the American farmer and writer Frederick Law Olmsted. Their plan was an imaginative yet practical treatment of a most unpromising site. Written by Morrison Heckscher, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this volume recounts the story of New York City's beloved park, tracing the buildup of the necessary public sentiment, the selection of the site, the design competition, and the actual construction of the park. This is an epic urban story, replete with politics, personal animosity, and repressed desire, as well as idealism, self-sacrifice, and artistic genius. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Contents:

Director's note / Philippe de Montebello

A note from the New York City Parks Commissioner / Adrian Benepe

A note from the President of the Central Park Conservancy / Douglas Blonsky

The Commissioners' plan and New York City's early parks and squares

The decision to build an new park and the selection of its site

Egbert L. Viele and the first park plan

The design competition

Vaux, Olmsted, and the Greensward Plan

Building the park

Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould, and the park buildings

Richard Morris Hunt and Central Park

Sculpture in the park

Central Park completed.

Notes:

"Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin, winter 2008, volume LXV, number 3"

Includes bibliographical references (page [74])

OCLC:

187293176