Central Park masterminds Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux whimsically named several main park exterior openings as ‘gates’ when the park was being built in the 1860s. Running clockwise around the park from Columbus Circle they are: Merchants’ Gate: Columbus Circle Women’s Gate: Central Park West at West 72nd Street Explorers’ Gate: CPW at West 77th Street […]
from Forgotten New York http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/01/woodmans-gate-central-park/
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