Original Central Park Map on View
It's not every day that you get to see an original landscape plan by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Their original three by eight foot map of "Greensward" -- the drawing that won the contest in 1858 for the design of Central Park -- is now on view at the Arsenal in NYC -- but only through June 19th. According to David Dunlap's NYT article on the exhibit, this may be only the third time the original plan has ever been on exhibit.
The Arsenal is located at 5th Avenue & 64th St -- and it's third floor gallery, which is closed on weekends, will be open June 14th & 15th from 9AM-5PM. The gallery is open weekdays the same hours.
Definitely worth a trip to the city to see this extraordinary 150-year-old plan.
Comments