Central Park, NYC
- Vicinity: Bounded by Central Park West (8th Ave), Central Park North (W 110th St), 5th Ave (Museum Mile), Central Park South (W 59th St)
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
| 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) |
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Broadway | W 110th St and Cathedral Pkwy | |
| Columbus Circle |
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| Vanderbilt Gate |
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5th Ave | E 105th St |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Sr | Architect | |||||
| Calvert Vaux | Architect | |||||
| 1857/00/00 | ||||||
| 1866/00/00 |
| Particulars for Central Park, NYC: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
| Sight Category | Landscape |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Locale Type | Natural Environ |
| Locale Type | Outdoor Space |
| Historic Use | Park |
| Open space Type | Urban Park |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | Mezzobula | Truman Capote | We ate lunch at the cafeteria in the park. Afterwards, avoiding the zoo (Holly said she couldn't bear to see anything in a cage), we giggled, ran, sang along the paths toward the old wooden boathouse, now gone. | |
| Caperucita ien Manhattan | Book | Carmen Martin Gaite | Sara Allen visits Central Park | |
| Cat People (film) | Film | Jacques Tourneur | Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), a recent refugee from Serbia, sketches a panther at the Central Park Zoo in New York City. | |
| Manhattan (film) | Film | Woody Allen Mariel Hemingway | Setting | |
| Moon Palace | Novel | Paul Auster | "Moon Palace" is set in Central Park | |
| On the Town | Film | Stanley Donen | "On the Town" is set and was filmed in Central Park | |
| The Catcher in the Rye (book) | Novel | J D Salinger | You ever pass by the lagoon in Central Park? Down by Central Park South? | |
| This Is for Jamie (short story) | Short Story | Truman Capote | ||
| Wall Street (film) | Film | Oliver Stone | "Wall Street" is set and was filmed in Central Park |
| Activity | |
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| On Foot Type | Hike |
| Activity Category | On Foot |
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