ID: 700009302 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009302	Record Type: Built Work
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Central Park (urban parks; designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903) and ...; 1858-1865, expanded 1873; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...)

Note: Urban park in Manhattan, between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side. One of the first American parks incorporating landscape architecture techniques. On the grounds are a zoo, an ice-skating rink, lakes, an open-air theatre, a band shell, many athletic playing fields and children’s playgrounds, several fountains, and hundreds of small monuments and plaques scattered throughout. Located in: New York, New York, United States Located in: New York, New York, United States; 19th century

Titles:

Central Park (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

urban park [300008197] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, parks (public recreation areas), <parks by location or context>)

landscape architecture (work genre) [300417326]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), architecture (object genre))

park (public recreation area) [300008187]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>)

park (grounds) [300254248]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by location or context>, grounds (open spaces))

Classifications:

landscaping / gardening (preferred)

architecture

Creation Date: 1858-1865, expanded 1873

Creator Display:

designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903) and Calvert Vaux (American, 1824-1895) [preferred,VP]

Olmsted and Vaux (Firm), firm ; Stebbins, Emma (1810-1882), American, sculptor; Hunt, Richard Morris (1828-1895), American [,BWR]

landscape architect Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr. (American landscape architect, 1822-1903) [500015125]

landscape architect Vaux, Calvert (American architect, landscape architect, 1824-1895) [500001573]

Olmsted, Vaux and Company (American landscape architecture firm, active 1866-1872) [500255224]

Stebbins, Emma (American sculptor and painter, 1815-1882) [500009710]

Hunt, Richard Morris (American architect, 1827-1895) [500029112]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Other: Site Context: Central Park [1102739] Manhattan (borough), New York City (inhabited place), New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: New York [7007567] New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 40°46′56″N 73°57′55″W

Display Materials: landscaping: dirt, rock, grass, trees, water; various structures: masonry, concrete, etc.

	landscaping [300054709]
	.......(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>)

	trees (woody plants) [300132410]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), woody plants)

	grass (plant material) [300011872]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

Dimensions: 840 acres

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	nineteenth century (dates CE) [300404513] ()
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts, <dates and dating systems>, dates (spans of time), <dates by century or millennium>)

General Subject:

landscape architecture (preferred,isness)

botanical (isness)

architecture (isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	recreation [300069710]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Central Park	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Central Park," accessed 26 October 2017
	........ Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) http://smusser1.wixsite.com/centralpark; Susan Musser; accessed 26 October 2017
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3777878; BWR3777879

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

....................... Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-)

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U858116

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3777879

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 62043

....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3777879

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Central Park," accessed 26 October 2017
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)
	..... BWR database (2010-)