a glorious history...a still wilderness...
a potter field...a country side...
a Reservoir Square...
the Civil War draft riots...
“world’s fair” ...
inspired name-a poet-William Cullen Bryant
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Queens-based architect Lusby Simpsona classical scheme of a large central lawn, formal pathways, stone balustrades, and borders of London plane trees, together with an oval plaza, containing the Lowell Fountain, at the west end, separated from Sixth Avenue by a broad flight of steps...
BRYANT PARK
BRYANT PARK
a Shameful neglect...
storage ground...
casting shadows of Elevated Railwaydope dealer's abode...
given up as an urban amenity...
an harmonious future...
redesign by Lynden Miller-Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates-for two restaurant pavilions and four concession kiosks-hired by BPRC
