The Central Park: New York’s Greatest 
Treasure Book Talk

Central Park might be the most famous and best loved example of pastoral landscape architecture in the United States, but for Upper East Siders, it’s also our brilliant backyard. If you’ve ever wondered how our extraordinary emerald oasis became a reality, be sure to join us for this illustrated book talk with art historian and New York City Municipal Archives conservator Cynthia Brenwall. Drawing on hundreds of previously-unpublished designs, notes, maps and materials from the NYC Municipal Archives, Ms. Brenwall’s new book, The Central Park: Original Designs for New York’s Greatest Treasure, offers a more complete understanding of the development and early history of Central Park than ever before. In this illustrated lecture, Brenwall will give us a lush look at the park’s creation, and show off early examples of Olmsted and Vaux’s extraordinary vision.

Thursday, November 7th
6:00 p.m.

Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
417 East 61st Street
This venue is accessible.

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Co-Sponsored by: The Colonial Dames of America
The Society of the Colonial Wars in the State of New York, and
The American Friends of the Georgian Group.