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DETAIL VIEW OF CAST-IRON SPANDREL AND RAILING - Central Park Bridges, Pinebank Arch, Near Columus Circle entrance, Central Park, New York, New York County, NY
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Vaux, Calvert
Mould, Jacob Wren
J B and W W Cornell Foundry
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Chamberlain, Holly K, historian
Title
DETAIL VIEW OF CAST-IRON SPANDREL AND RAILING - Central Park Bridges, Pinebank Arch, Near Columus Circle entrance, Central Park, New York, New York County, NY
Depicted place New York; New York County; New York
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER NY,31-NEYO,153B-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Designed by Calvert Vaux and drawn by Jacob Wrey Mould, Pinebank Arch is an outstanding example of the bridges and arches of New York's Central Park. Vaux, a professionally trained British architect, came to the United States in the early 1850s. He worked with Andrew Jackson Downing until the death of the latter in 1852, and then joined with Frederick Law Olmsted to enter the competition for design of Central Park. Mould was also an English immigrant. He initially served as Vaux' chief draftsperson and later became the sole designer of some of the park's cast-iron structures. ...
  • Survey number: HAER NY-196
  • Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000538.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny1588.photos.118975p
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Object location40° 42′ 51.01″ N, 74° 00′ 23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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