William Church Osborn Memorial Playground Gateway Date: 1952 Sculptor: Paul ManshipMedium & size: Bronze with granite posts, 5.5 feet high, 8 feet wide. Location: Central Park, gateway to playground at…
Sculptor: Carl ConradsDedicated: 1880Medium and size: Granite (10 feet), granite pedestal (9.5 feet)Location: Central Park, 83rd Street and East Drive NOTE: This post is adapted from a chapter in Outdoor Monuments…
Date: 1879 Sculptor: Dennis B. SheahanMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize. Location: Southeast corner of Central Park, near the Pond and 59th Street Dennis B. Sheahan, Thomas Moore, 1879.…
Date: 1885 Sculptor: John Quincy Adams WardMedium & size: Bronze (9 feet), on a granite pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt (7.5 feet); 4 bronze bas-reliefs on pedestal, each 10 x…
Date: 1928Sculptor: Adolph A. WeinmanMedium & size: Gilded bronze bust, over lifesize, on granite steleLocation: Central Park, Fifth Ave. and 90th St. John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, 1928. Bust: Adolph A.…
Date: 1884 Sculptor: Henry BaererMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize, with a smaller bronze figure below; granite pedestal. Location: Near the north end of the Central Park Mall, opposite…
Sculptor: George Blackall SimondsDate: 1875Medium & size: Bronze, over lifesize, with granite pedestal. Location: Central Park, 20 feet or so up on a hill on the south side of the…
Imagine standing in the center of that large, open area behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, taking a deep breath … and sucking in water. For more than two centuries,…
Sculptor: Gustaf BlaeserDate: 1869Medium & size: Bronze bust (5 feet), granite pedestal (9 feet). Location: Central Park West at 77th Street, just east of the Museum of Natural History. Gustaf…
Jacob Wrey Mould, Ladies Pavilion, 1870 or 1871. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante This delicate little pavilion is one of the few structures left to show…