Lovers of New York City parks and architecture may be very familiar with the name of Calvert Vaux, but perhaps not so much the Brooklyn park dedicated to the 19th century designer. This green space at ...
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this story. Prospect Park was not even half completed when it opened to the public in 1867. It was a huge success, made even larger over the next six years, as work ...
The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It ...
In Calvert Vaux Park, “crash” is a four-letter word. “That’s the big C word: 'Crash,'" said David Yuen, who has been flying model aircraft for 50 years. The Parks Department made the park a ...
The Replica of Mount Vernon in Prospect Park. Image from Brooklyn Historical Society via Prospect Park Alliance On April 1st and April 2nd, Prospect Park in Brooklyn will celebrate its 150th ...
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GREENWICH — What do Central Park, a famous Greenwich house and the U.C. Berkeley campus have in common? In 1861, Francis Tomes, an English immigrant, commercial hardware importer and parishioner at ...
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