Central Park, The Early Years
It’s difficult to imagine Manhattan without the glorious oasis that is Central Park. But the Park’s existence was not inevitable, and its design was very much a product of its time. *Central Park: The Early Years* looks at why and how Central Park was created in the 1850s and its history during the formative decades of the 1860s and 1870s. With full-color images from the period.
It’s difficult to imagine Manhattan without the glorious oasis that is Central Park. But the Park’s existence was not inevitable, and its design was very much a product of its time. *Central Park: The Early Years* looks at why and how Central Park was created in the 1850s and its history during the formative decades of the 1860s and 1870s. With full-color images from the period.
