Title Rebuilding Central Park : a management and restoration plan / New York City, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Central Park Conservancy ; Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, principal author ; Marianne Cramer [and others] ; John Berendt, editor

Edition 1st MIT Press ed Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans Contents Central Park : a paradigm for socially useful landscapes / James Marston Fitch -- Introduction -- Parkwide analysis and recommendations. Methodology ; A park for the people ; Circulation : drives, paths and Bridle Trail ; Topography, soils and drainage ; Vegetation and wildlife -- Management analysis and recommendations. Managing Central Park -- Project areas. Rebuilding the park ; The Meer ; The Forts ; The Conservatory Garden and the Mount ; The Blockhouse ; The Great Hill ; The Pool ; The Ravine ; The East Meadow ; The North Meadow ; The Reservoir and the Upper West Walkway ; The Great Lawn ; The Ramble and the Lake ; The Conservatory Water ; The Mall, Bethesda Terrace and Cherry Hill ; The Sheep Meadow ; The Dene ; Strawberry Fields and the Midwest Walkway ; The Southwest Corner ; The Arsenal and the Zoo ; The Perimeter ; The Central Park Conservancy : an experiment in private sector and governmental cooperation Summary Illustrated throughout with 2-color and tinted maps and drawings and numerous photographs, Rebuilding Central Park is the first close examination of these invaluable 843 acres in more than a century. Central Park's legacy is unique. It was America's first great open space designed specifically for public use, inspiring the creation of hundreds of other municipal parks across the nation and spawning the profession of landscape architecture in the United States. This plan for the restoration, conservation, and management of the Park is the most comprehensive program of research, restoration, and management ever applied to a great historic landscape. It is significant in its broad concept of curatorship and provides a model for approaching and carrying out any work of scenic restoration; several of the projects it advocates to reverse the Park's steady decline are in progress or have already been completed. Illustrated throughout with 2-color and tinted maps and drawings and numerous photographs, Rebuilding Central Park is the first close examination of these invaluable 843 acres in more than a century. It unfolds a masterful design and management plan to overcome the effects of years of city budget cuts, natural aging, and human use and abuse. The book opens with a discussion of the principles and philosophy of the original design by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and a history of the Park's management. It assesses the Park's distinct but interrelated systems - circulation, topography, vegetation, and wildlife - and presents a sector-by-sector analysis of 21 project areas. Problems and their causes are discussed on every level as are proposals for solving them. Sections of the book take up the restoration of such historic structures as the cast-iron bridges, stone arches and Victorian Gothic Belvedere and Dairy, which were features of the original Olmsted design; and the conservation of such varied landscapes as the Ramble, the East Meadow, the Great Hill, and Strawberry Fields. Maps reveal the kinds and pace of park activities, patterns of circulation - drives, paths, trails, lighting and visitor amenities - ground plans, vegetation, and historic and present tree canopy as well as the Park rebuilt. There are many recommendations, including recommendations for maintenance and security. A separate chapter describes the methodology used for approaching and carrying out this, and any other, major work of landscape restoration Analysis New York (City). Parks: Central Park Environment planning ARCHITECTURE/Landscape Architecture Notes Includes index Edited by Marianne Cramer, Judith L. Heinz, Bruce Kelly, Philip N. Winslow, and John Berendt Print version record Subject Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Designs and plans Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- New York Landscape protection -- New York (State) -- New York Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York Buildings. Landscape architecture. Landscape protection. Management. Parks. Urban ecology (Sociology) Landschaftsgestaltung SUBJECT Central Park (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021920 Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Management New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- Central Park. Central Park New York, NY New York (N.Y.) -- Central Park -- Conservation et restauration. Constructions -- New York (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) -- Central Park. Genre/Form Architectural drawings. Form Electronic book Author Berendt, John, 1939- Cramer, Marianne. Heinz, Judith L Kelly, Bruce, 1948-1993. Winslow, Philip N New York (N.Y.). Department of Parks and Recreation. Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) ISBN 026236784X 9780262367844

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