Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design In 1857, the Central Park Commission conducted a design competition. Thirty-three entries were submitted, with only five surviving to the present day. Two rejected designs…

Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design In 1857, the Central Park Commission conducted a design competition. Thirty-three entries were submitted, with only five surviving to the present day. Two rejected designs…

Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design Croton Reservoir in Central Park, Rejected Design In 1857, the Central Park Commission conducted a design competition. Thirty-three entries were submitted, with only five surviving to the present day. Two rejected designs…

Reservoir. In 1857 the Central Park Commission held a contest to improve the landscape design of the newly opened park. Thirty three entries were submitted, only five of which have survived today. The “Star Ground” section of Rink’s design…

…Rink was an engineer who had been employed in the initial years of the park’s creation. In a publication celebrating the 150th anniversary of Central Park in 2003, the Rink design was aptly described at “a folk-art fantasy…

the rejected designs are currently on display at the New-York Historical Society, giving us a look at the Central Park that might have been. One is a spectacular design by John Rink, filled with formal gardens in elaborate decorative…

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Detail from John Rink’s “Plan of the Central Park, New York: Entry no. 4 in the Competition,” March 20, 1858. New-York Historical Society Library. Rink’s plan included a monumental museum structure, along the south and east sides…

indifferent to topography, filled with ornate symmetries, and crammed with ornamental features.” 1 To learn more about Rink’s work and the other rejected design on display, see this post on the New-York Historical Society website. Viewpoints , Garden

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…Type Interpretation Current Designation(s) Type Current Designation(s) Significance(s) Structure Guide Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, the free form northern reservoir in Central Park countered the rectilinear collection pool that predated the parks design. Type…

…Significance(s) Interpretation Sign CENTRAL PARK 1858-1870 Plate 32-14 An urban oasis designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND…

…Shutting off the Croton at the Central Park Reservoir Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, November 12. 1881 Courtesy of William Lee Frost Checklist Repairing the BrokM PIpee, 5th Avemw at 6Sth Street Wood engraving (tinted) from Frank Leslie's…

Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting the High Service…

…This period saw the construction of many iconic structures, including a new receiving reservoir (now the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, in Central Park), the High Bridge Tower, and several new dams and reservoirs in the Croton Watershed. In order to…

…at 83 X 40 feet, the South Gatehouse at Lake Manahatta in Central Park was composed of a sturdy granite exterior with a small balcony overlooking the reservoir. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Current Designation(s) Type…