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CLOSE-UP VIEW TO WEST SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF ARCH; THE DAKOTA APARTMENT BUILDING ON WEST 72ND AND CENTRAL PARK WEST IS VISIBLE UNDER THE ARCH TO THE LEFT - Central Park Bridges, Bow Bridge, Spanning Lake, Central Park, New York, New York County, NY
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Vaux, Calvert
J B and W W Cornell Foundry
Wallace, Lila A
Moses, Lucy G
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Chamberlain, Holly K, historian
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CLOSE-UP VIEW TO WEST SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF ARCH; THE DAKOTA APARTMENT BUILDING ON WEST 72ND AND CENTRAL PARK WEST IS VISIBLE UNDER THE ARCH TO THE LEFT - Central Park Bridges, Bow Bridge, Spanning Lake, 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.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER NY,31-NEYO,153A-5
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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, the Bow Bridge is one of the most prominently located and visible cast iron bridges in Central Park. It is 87 feet, four inches long. This and other cast iron bridges in Central Park are among the very first built of that material in America. The J.B. and W.W. Cornell Foundry was the contractor. Restored in 1974 with funds provided by Lila A. Wallace and Lucy G. Moses, this graceful arch has been described by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger as seeming "to pour over the water."
  • Survey number: HAER NY-195
  • Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
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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/ny1587.photos.118971p
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Camera location40° 46′ 32.52″ N, 73° 58′ 17.76″ W  Heading=270° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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