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  2. List of arches and bridges in Central Park - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Central Park North–110th Street station - Wikipedia

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    The Central Park North–110th Street station (signed as 110 St–Central Park North on overhead signs) is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 110th Street and Lenox Avenue at the southern edge of Harlem, Manhattan. It is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

  4. Central Park - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. The Ramble and Lake - Wikipedia

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    The Ramble is one of three main woodlands in Central Park, [1] [2] [3]: 44–45 the others being North Woods and Hallett Nature Sanctuary. [3]: 2–3 The Ramble covers 36 to 38 acres (14.6 to 15.4 ha), and contains a series of winding paths, as well as outcrops, rustic structures, and several bridges.

  6. Bow Bridge (Central Park) - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. North Woods and North Meadow - Wikipedia

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    North Woods and North Meadow, located between 97th and 110th Streets in Central Park, were among the last parts of the park to be built. [1]: 37 While construction on the southern part of the park started in 1857, [2]: PDF pp. 31–35 [3]: 161–162 the northernmost four blocks between 106th and 110th Streets were not even purchased until 1859.

  8. Bethesda Terrace and Fountain - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. The El Dorado - Wikipedia

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    The site has a frontage of 200 ft (61 m) on Central Park West and 90th Street and 194 ft (59 m) on 91st Street. [5] [6] [7] It is directly across from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park to the east. [3] The El Dorado is one of several apartment buildings on Central Park West that are primarily identified by an official name.