Conservatory Garden Pond
Description
“The Conservatory Garden is a six-acre formal garden named after a conservatory (i.e. greenhouse) that was built here in 1898. During the Depression, Parks commissioner Robert Moses (1888-1981) decreed the aging structure too expensive to maintain and had it demolished during a major renovation of the park in 1934 that was paid for largely with WPA funds. The garden that replaced the Conservatory was developed by architects Gilmore Clarke (1892-1982) and Betty Sprout (1906-1962) (who later married) and opened officially on September 18, 1937. The garden is divided into three separate sections: the central Italian-style garden, the southern English-style garden and the northern French-style garden.”
(michaelminn.net)
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Conservatory Garden Fountain
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Conservatory Garden Statue
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Conservatory Garden Walkway
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Conservatory Garden
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Conservatory Garden
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Conservatory Garden, Aerial View
Source notes
https://michaelminn.net/ https://www.centralparknyc.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_Garden kermitproject.org - The Conservatory Garden
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