Late 19th and early 20th centuries įor the first few decades of Central Park's existence, it was forbidden to play most sports in Central Park, because Olmsted and Vaux believed that the park should be used for scenic enjoyment rather than recreation. : 78 Olmsted and Vaux also proposed an observation tower atop Great Hill, though this was never completed, either. : 77 : 263 They proposed building a zoo at the site of the current North Woods, but the proposal was not implemented. In 1870–1871, the Tammany Hall political machine, which was the largest political force in New York at the time, took control of Central Park for a brief period. North Meadow can be seen at the bottom of the image.
: 78ġ868 map of Central Park, detail North Woods is at left, while Harlem Meer is at top right. : 196 North Woods and North Meadow were completed by the late 1860s. 9–10) The topography in the northern section of Central Park was not altered as much as that in the southern section of the park: workers created drives and paths, as well as the Pool, Loch, and Harlem Meer, but did not modify much of the landscape. 137 Work had started on the northern section of the park by 1864, but was complicated by a need to preserve the historic McGowan's Pass on the northeastern corner of the park.
Dillon, who included it as one of seventeen amendments to the Greensward Plan, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's original design for Central Park. The Pool and Loch in the North Woods were proposed by Central Park commissioner Robert J. 25) : 32–33 At the time, the northwestern corner of the park was a rocky forest, while the northeastern corner (now the Harlem Meer) was a swamp. 31–35 : 161–162 the northernmost four blocks between 106th and 110th Streets were not even purchased until 1859. : 37 While construction on the southern part of the park started in 1857, : PDF pp. North Woods and North Meadow, located between 97th and 110th Streets in Central Park, were among the last parts of the park to be built.
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