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| New York
Architecture Images- Central Park
Balcony Bridge |
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architect |
Calvert Vaux 1824-1895 |
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1860 |
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construction |
Manhattan schist excavated in the Park, and mountain greywacke, a light-bluish sandstone set in random ashlar. |
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Bridge |
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Along the busy West Drive near
77th Street, in Central Park stands Balcony Bridge. The span of the Bridge
conveys West Drive traffic over the Lake where it flows into a small marshy
inlet. In the 1870s, this inlet extended into Ladies Pond, a small portion
of the Lake reserved strictly for female ice-skaters. It was filled in
during the 1930s. The Bridge itself gets its name from the two small,
bench-lined balconies inset on its east side that extends beyond the wall of
the Bridge. Many Park visitors stop at these spots to marvel at the
spectacular view they offer of the City skyline. From this vantage point,
beyond the trees that provide a frame for the field of view is the Lake as
it stretches southeast to
Cherry Hill. The best way to view Balcony Bridge is from the shores of the Ramble or from a rowboat on the Lake. |
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links |
thanks to www.centralpark2000.com & www.centralparknyc.org |
