Central Park, The Early Years (eBook)

Dianne L. Durante (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
Dianne L. Durante (Verlag)
978-0-9745899-7-8 (ISBN)

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Today Central Park is a New York City icon, but its existence wasn't inevitable - nor was its purpose. This brief history looks at the events and the choices from the 1850s to the 1870s that gave the park its unique character, from the Belvedere to Boss Tweed to sculptures scattered through the Park. Perfect reading for history buffs, lovers of Central Park and New York City, and students of urban planning. 96 pp., 135 illustrations in color and B&W.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: New York Circa 1850

2.1 Early History of Manhattan

2.2 Why the City Grew

2.2.1 Transportation hub

2.2.2 Transfer point or destination for immigrants

2.2.3 Manufacturing center

2.2.4 Financial center

2.3 High Points of New York Circa 1850

2.3.1 Business and wealth

2.3.2 Literacy and the search for knowledge

2.3.3 Architecture

2.3.4 Music

2.3.5 Sculpture

2.3.6 Painting

2.4 Low Points of New York Circa 1850

2.4.1 Prejudice and slavery

2.4.2 Corruption in city government

2.4.3 Overcrowding

2.4.4 Health hazards

Chapter 3: Sidling Toward a Park

3.1 Why Build a Park?

3.1.1 Fresh air and exercise

3.1.2 Pastoral views

3.1.3 Culture

3.2 Where?

3.3 The Site before the Park

3.3.1 Homes and businesses

3.3.2 Institutions

3.3.3 Topography

Chapter 4: Players and Plans

4.1 Egbert Ludovicus Viele

4.2 Frederick Law Olmsted

4.3 Calvert Vaux

4.4 The Design Competition

4.5 The Greensward Plan

Chapter 5: Construction of Central Park

5.1 Execution of the Greensward Plan

5.2 Early Revisions to the Greensward Plan

5.2.1 The Extension, 106th-110th Streets

5.2.2 The Bow Bridge

5.2.3 The circulation system

5.3 Finances: Andrew Haswell Green

Chapter 6: Architectural Elements in Central Park

6.1 Bethesda Terrace

6.2 The Belvedere

6.3 The Dairy

6.4 The Zoo

6.5 The Sheepfold

6.6 The American Museum of Natural History

6.7 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

6.8 Wall and Gates

Chapter 7: Sculptures in Central Park

7.1 Earliest Sculptures

7.1.1 Bethesda Fountain, dedicated 1873 (Emma Stebbins)

7.1.2 Schiller, 1869 (C.L. Richter)

7.1.3 Eagles and Prey, 1863 (Christophe Fratin)

7.1.4 Tigress with Cubs, 1866 (Auguste Cain)

7.1.5 Indian Hunter, 1866 (John Quincy Adams Ward)

7.1.6 Seventh Regiment Memorial, 1869 (John Quincy Adams Ward)

7.1.7 Humboldt, 1869 (Gustaf Blaeser)

7.1.8 Morse, 1871 (Byron M. Pickett)

7.1.9 Scott, 1871 (Sir John Steell)

7.1.10 Shakespeare, 1872 (John Quincy Adams Ward)

7.1.11 The Falconer, 1875 (George Blackall Simonds)

7.2 Board of Commissioners’ Rules on Sculpture, 1873

7.3 The Halleck Fiasco, 1877

Chapter 8: The Tweed Years, 1870-1871, and Their Effects

8.1 Boss Tweed and His Cronies

8.2 Effects of Tweed’s Reign

Chapter 9: Episodes in the Guides Who Know Central Park App

Chapter 10: Further Readings

Chapter 11: References

Chapter 12: 1865 Chromolithographs of Central Park by Louis Prang

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Central Park • New York City
• ISBN-10: 0-9745899-7-7 / 0974589977
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9745899-7-8 / 9780974589978