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The Bow Bridge / ˈ b oʊ / is a cast iron bridge located in Central Park, New York City, crossing over the Lake and used as a pedestrian walkway. [1] It is decorated with an interlocking circles banister, with eight planting urns on top of decorative bas-relief panels. Intricate arabesque elements and volutes can be seen underneath the span arch.
Central Park had 39 bridges at its peak. The bridges were devised as part of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's proposal for Central Park, the Greensward Plan. Most of the spans were built in the 1860s. By 1872, there were thirty-three spans; six more spans were built before the end of the 19th century.
Bow Bridge connects the Lake's southern shore with the Ramble, on the northern shore of the Lake. [1] The span is notable for its intricate cast iron design. Its 87-foot-long (27 m) span is the longest of any bridge in the park, though the balustrade is 142 feet (43 m) long. [22] [23] [24] Bow Bridge was restored in 1974. [23] [24] [25]
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States.. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016
Bethesda Terrace's two levels are united by two grand staircases and a lesser one that passes under Terrace Drive. They provide passage southward to the Central Park Mall and Naumburg Bandshell at the center of the park. The upper terrace flanks the 72nd Street Cross Drive and the lower terrace provides a podium for viewing the Lake.
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The bridges were made famous by Robert James Waller's bestselling romantic novel, "The Bridges of Madison County," and the 1995 film by the same name starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood ...
The Central Park West Historic District is a linear historic district including the stretch of Central Park West from 61st to 97th Streets. [1] When the Upper West Side–Central Park West Historic District was designated in 1990 as a local historic district its boundaries closely mirrored those of the 1982 Central Park West Historic District, except the local historic district encompasses ...