Central Park Conservatory Garden | interesting place

USA / New Jersey / West New York / Central Park Footpaths
 park, garden, interesting place
The six-acre Conservatory Garden is Central Park's only formal garden. It takes its name from the huge glass conservatory that once stood on this same spot, built in 1898. In 1934, when maintenance of the facility had become too costly, the conservatory was demolished and replaced with the present Garden, which opened to the public in 1937 to a design by Gilmore D. Clarke with M. Betty Sprout. The Conservatory Garden is in fact three gardens representing different landscape styles: Italian, French, and English.

After a period of neglect, the gardens underwent restoration in the 1980's which was overseen by Lyden Miller.

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Coordinates:   40°47'37"N   73°57'8"W
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