Central Park (view of the Turtle Pond)

By: Breanna Kerr and Kashmir Crandall

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND CALVERT VAUX

ORIGINALLY DESIGNED 1857

MATERIALS

• Stone
• Earth
• Topsoil
• Water
• Various tree and plant species
• Medium: Architecture and Planning

843 ACRES (ENTIRE PARK)

NEW YORK, NY

RICHARD CUMMINS/ CORBIS

Has a 156 year history!

Central Park was America's first major landscape public park.

The meaning of this park was to create a space that was "set apart from the struggles of everyday urban life".

Originally, the park was not part of the creators plans, but the site transformed in the 1930s, when the Croton Reservoir was filled in with water.

The site was originally called the Great Lawn and Belvedere Lake.

WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

• The turtle pond is filled with diverse wildlife.
• That includes fish, birds, frogs, dragon flies, and turtles.
• Different types of plants grow around the pond.

ROADS

• When constructing this park they made roads going underneath it and hidden so it didn't take away the beauty of the park.
• It consists of four transverse roads.

Open from 6:00 am to 1:00 am

Free entry since 1858