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Central Park
Central Park is a large public park in
New York. The park contains many statues, a lake used for model boats, is used for open theatre and concert productions, is a popular location for horse riding, and also contains a zoo.
Aerial View of Central Park, NYC
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Ball, David
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By Sara Cedar Miller
Abrams
Hardcover (192 pages)
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For more than 150 years, Central Park has been the centerpiece of New York City, drawing more than 25 million visitors each year. In Seeing Central Park, Sara Cedar Miller, the official historian and photographer of the Central Park Conservancy, takes readers through America's most popular and celebrated park, where natural and manmade features are interwoven into a spectacular work of public art. Combining superb research and writing with breathtaking photographs, Seeing Central Park is not only a gorgeous gift book, but also a guide through every significant design feature in the park, from the largest, such as the Reservoir, to the smallest, such as the intricate carvings in the stonework surrounding Bethesda Terrace.
Seeing Central Park also reveals many newly renovated and restored designs, including Bow Bridge, which has been canonized in countless films, and the Minto Tile Arcade near the famous Bethesda Fountain.
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By Sara Cedar Miller
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To mark Central Park's 150th anniversary, this is a history of America's first urban park, a masterpiece of 19th-century landscape design. Sara Cedar Miller, official historian and photographer for the Central Park Conservancy, draws on extensive research to tell the story of the park's creation, placing it in the context of 19th-century American art and social history and illuminating the roles of its designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and their associate Jacob Wrey Mould. Period photographs, plans and drawings combine with an authoritative text and contemporary photographs, which show the restored park's glory. |
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By Marie Winn
Picador
Released: 2009-06-23
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Central Park in the Dark explores a natural world that flourishes in the midst of a crowded and mechanized city. These exuberant essays lead the reader through the cycle of seasons as experienced by nocturnal beasts (raccoons, bats, black skimmers), insects (moths, wasps, fireflies, crickets), and other denizens of the park's trees and swamps and thickets. Alongside a cadre of amateur and expert naturalists, Marie Winn reveals a world that lies hidden in the dark between the bright lights and traffic of Fith Avenue and Central Park West. Marie Winn is the author of over a dozen books, among them Red-Tails in Love: Pale Male's Story and The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life. Formerly a birdwatching and nature columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, she has also translated plays by Vaclav Havel for performance at the Public Theater in New York. She is married to the documentary filmmaker and palindromist Allan Miller and lives not far from Central Park. Central Park in the Dark explores a natural world that flourishes in the midst of a crowded and mechanized city. These exuberant essays lead the reader through the cycle of seasons as experienced by nocturnal beasts (raccoons, bats, black skimmers), insects (moths, wasps, fireflies, crickets), and other denizens of the park's trees and swamps and thickets. Alongside a cadre of amateur and expert naturalists, Marie Winn reveals a world that lies hidden in the dark between the bright lights and traffic of Fith Avenue and Central Park West. "A delightful chronicle of the animals that come out to hunt and play in the park at night . . . conveys the magic and enduring mysteries of Central Park."Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Marie Winn, the author of Red Tails in Love: Pale Male's Story, now turns her attention to Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife. Her latest book is more engaging narrative than field guide, accompanied by sparse illustrations, but it is filled with keen insights and appealing anecdotes about bugs, birds and other critters that you generally wouldn't mind meeting in the park after dark."The New York Times "A delightful chronicle of the animals that come out to hunt and play in the park at night . . . conveys the magic and enduring mysteries of Central Park."Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Central Park in the Dark is a delight; I'd follow Winn into the park at any hour."The New York Times Book Review
"From screech owl rescues to slug sex, Winn pulls the reader into this tight-knit circle of people all searching for the same thing: a glimpse of nature in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the city."The Christian Science Monitor
"Winn's book is a revelation. . . . A worthy addition to any nature lover’s shelf."Buffalo News
"Both charming and instructional. Winn does justice to the park's owls, raccoons, and moths, as well as the scientists and amateur naturalists who study them."USA Today
"Exuberantly illuminates Central Park’s vibrant 843-acre nocturnal world."Kirkus Reviews
"Winn is an engaging writer, making us care about the evening denizens of the park (human or otherwise)."Booklist |
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By Roy Rosenzweig
Cornell University Press
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This "exemplary social history" (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people--the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the immigrant and African-American residents who were displaced by the park; the politicians, gentlemen, and artists who disputed its design and operation; the German gardeners, Irish laborers, and Yankee engineers who built it; and the generations of New Yorkers for whom Central Park was their only backyard. In tracing the park's history, Blackmar and Rosenzweig give us the history of New York, and bring to life larger issues about the meaning of the word "public" in a democratic society. |
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By Sandee Brawarsky
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Incomparable photographs coupled with essays from an award-winning journalist make this beautifully designed gift book a perfect souvenir of Manhattan's urban arcadia. A celebration of Central Park-at a time when there is increased interest in and goodwill toward New York-it explores every vantage point of the 843 acres, through every season. 212 full-color photographs plus map. |
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By David Bensman
Teachers College Press
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In 1974, Central Park East Elementary School in East Harlem opened its doors with a mission to provide inner-city children with the finest educators and pedagogy available. This work is a collection of stories by the former pupils of one of the most academically enriching schools in the US. |
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By Robert Priest
Sandpiper
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Two stubborn soulsa retired pirate and a retired queendo battle in the sailboat pond in Central Park. Inspired by memories of his past, the Old Pirate has built a marvelous replica of his sailing ship, the Laughing Dog. But when he takes it to the park to launch it in the pond, he finds the waters are not so friendlythe S.S. Uppity Duchess is unwilling to share the seas. Who will rule the waves in this offbeat tale of high-seas adventure and friendship found in the heart of one of New York City’s most famous landmarks? |
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By C.J. Henderson
Tor Books
Released: 2011-02-01
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