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Booklet: The Men Who Made Central Park - M.M. Graff - 1982 (NYC)+BONUS Postcards

$ 5.27

Availability: 90 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1960-Now
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Used
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    Description

    Booklet: The Men Who Made Central Park - M. M. Graff - 1982 (NYC) + 5 Bonus Central Park Postcards!
    In addition to the recognition of Frederick Law Olmstead, credit for Central Park's development and architectural landscaping is given to Andrew Jackson Downing, Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould and Ignaz Pilat.with William Cullen Bryant as a staunch supporter.  Several pages are devoted to The Ramble, which at the writing in 1982, had become quite overgrown and in need of restoration. Any collector of New York City needs this 42pp booklet, published by Greenwood Press, in her library.
    Condition: very good; see scans