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Andrew Green
(far left), who steered the creation of
Central Park, is pictured on Willowdell Arch with park
designers Calvert Vaux (third from left) and Frederick
Law Olmsted (far right). (Photo: 1862).
RIDE INFO
Saturday, May 14, 1:00 p.m. at the New York Public Library,
NW corner of 40th Street and Fifth Avenue
Distance: Approx. 15 miles
Tour guide: Michael Miscione and guest lecturers
Ride leader: Hannah
Rain date: Saturday, May 21
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 Known as the "Father of Greater
New York," Green spearheaded the
movement that in 1898 created
today's five-borough city.The ride, all within Manhattan, will visit many
sites Green helped create or preserve, including the American Museum
of Natural History, Hamilton Grange, Central Park, the Washington
Bridge, the New York Public Library, Bennett Park, and a Paleozoic
Museum that never was. We will also visit Green's little-known
public monument and the location of his unprovoked murder. |
