LEADER 04132oam 2200469Ma 450 001 9910901882903321 005 20210304124007.0 010 $a0-262-36784-X 010 $a9780262367844 035 $a(CKB)5450000000038540 035 $a(OCoLC)1036827301 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1036827301 035 $a(MaCbMITP)5808 035 $a(EXLCZ)995450000000038540 100 $a19861015d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRebuilding Central Park $ea management and restoration plan /$fNew York City, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Central Park Conservancy ; Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, principal author ; Marianne Cramer ... [et al.] ; John Berendt, editor 205 $a1st MIT Press ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$d1987 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (some color) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-262-18127-4 330 $aIllustrated 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. 607 $aCentral Park (New York, N.Y.) 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xBuildings, structures, etc 610 $aNew York (City).$aParks: Central Park$aEnvironment planning 610 $aARCHITECTURE/Landscape Architecture 676 $a974.7/1 700 $aRogers$b Elizabeth Barlow$f1936-$01772459 701 $aBerendt$b John$f1939-$01772460 712 02$aNew York (N.Y.).$bDepartment of Parks and Recreation. 712 02$aCentral Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910901882903321 996 $aRebuilding Central Park$94273191 997 $aUNINA