July 16, 2012
One of the Greensward plans for Central Park from the vast NYC Municipal Photo Archives which we can now all access here! In this very early photograph, the existing fields and farmhouses are faintly visible. The view is from Vista Rock, near the present location of Belvedere Castle, looking southwest across what is now the Lake.

One of the Greensward plans for Central Park from the vast NYC Municipal Photo Archives which we can now all access here!

In this very early photograph, the existing fields and farmhouses are faintly visible. The view is from Vista Rock, near the present location of Belvedere Castle, looking southwest across what is now the Lake.

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July 16, 2012
Greensward Plan for Central Park No. 4. From NYC Municipal Photo Archives which we can all access here. NOTES: In this early photograph, the existing farm fields in the foregorund are now under the Central Park Lake, the hills behind are now the Ramble and Vista Rock.

Greensward Plan for Central Park No. 4. From NYC Municipal Photo Archives which we can all access here.

NOTES: In this early photograph, the existing farm fields in the foregorund are now under the Central Park Lake, the hills behind are now the Ramble and Vista Rock.

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Filed under: Calvert Vaux Frederick Law Olmstead Central Park New York City Municipal Archives 
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