How Central Park Was Created Entirely By Design and Not By Nature

[DGUtley]

How Central Park Was Created Entirely By Design and Not By Nature


Here is a link to a walking tour of Central Park. Very interesting.


Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects joins AD in New York for an in-depth walking tour of Central Park. Everything in Central Park got there by considered choice, not by nature, and the park as we know it today is the result of a design competition held in the 1850s. From hidden through-roads to its calming bodies of water, join Michael as he walks you through why Central Park is the best-designed city park in the world.


0-breitling-emergency.jpg


0-breitling-emergency.jpg


0-breitling-emergency.jpg


Long-forgotten design alternative:


0-breitling-emergency.jpg



0-breitling-emergency.jpg

[Mini Me]

Nice place to get mugged!

[RMNIXON]

It always concerned me that the area is so flat and level, not like a natural park.

[Cotton1]

I walked thru Central Park a few years back. An amazing experience

[NoisyBoy]

I'd go crazy in the concrete canyons of the big city.I'd have to have a patch of woods for an escape. I hear the apartments facing the park go for big bucks. 1 Bed,1 bath condo goes for $15000 a month on 5th Av.

[Peter1469]

I walked thru Central Park a few years back. An amazing experience

Me too. Winter time with snow. Pretty. The horses they use for carriage rides were treated poorly though.