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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.
The fountain consists of a granite dome and sculpted bluestone basin, measuring 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter and inset with Minton tiles. [2] [3] The fountain is topped by a finial with eight frosted round glass lamps and a golden spire. [2] Only the stone base was completed as part of the original design; the finial was added in 1981. [3]
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
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.”
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A pedicab driver in Midtown randomly spat in a transgender woman’s face as men in the vehicle called her a “tranny” in May 2023, according to police sources. The 27-year-old was arrested and ...
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 ...