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South of 72nd Street, a central stairway descends to an arcade underneath the street. [22] [15] The ceiling of the arcade has Minton encaustic tiles designed by Mould. [22] [26] [27] There are 14,000 such tiles; most of them are part of the original design, but three panels of replacement tiles were installed during the 2000s renovation.
Cherry Hill Fountain is a water fountain in New York City's Central Park. It is located just to the west of Bethesda Fountain , enclosed in a circular plaza in Cherry Hill. Designed by Jacob Wrey Mould and dedicated in the 1860s, the ornamental structure was originally designed as a watering trough for horses during the 19th century. [ 1 ]
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Central Park tour guide Mactor Sarr has plastered anti-Israel messages to the back of his pedicab, eliciting outrage from the public – although he insists he’s not out to “offend anybody.”
The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary in Central Park. Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with 40 million visitors in 2013, and one of the most filmed locations in the world.
One of the most poignant seasonal displays is a humble 18-foot tree hidden in Central Park. Every holiday season for nearly the past 40 years, a Hinoki false cypress in the depths of the park ...
Mintons was a major company in Staffordshire pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era", [1] an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and "a glorious pot-pourri of styles - Rococo shapes with Oriental motifs, Classical shapes with Medieval designs and Art ...
Central Park superintendent Frederick Law Olmsted worked with Calvert Vaux to create the "Greensward Plan", which was eventually decided as the winner of the contest. [19] [20] [21] The Greensward Plan distinguished itself from many of the other designs in the contest by including four sunken "transverse" roadways, which carried crosstown traffic through Central Park and were not intended to ...