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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park

A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park

Yazdani, Ashley Benham
Pruden, John

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BiographyGeneral Juvenile NonfictionHistory

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ISBN13: 9798228135161
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: May 17 2019
Language: English
In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be--a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. By winter, the lake opened for skating. By the next summer, the waterside woodland known as the Ramble opened for all to enjoy. Meanwhile, sculptors, stonemasons, and master gardeners joined in to construct thirty-four unique bridges, along with fountains, pagodas, and band shells, making New York's Central Park a green gift to everyone.

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