Seeing Central Park: The Official Guide to the World's Greatest Urban Park

Seeing Central Park: The Official Guide to the World's Greatest Urban Park
Sara Cedar Miller (Author)
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For more than 150 years, Central Park has been the centerpiece of New York City, drawing more than 25 million visitors each year. In Seeing Central Park, Sara Cedar Miller, the official historian and photographer of the Central Park Conservancy, takes readers through America's most popular and celebrated park, where natural and manmade features are interwoven into a spectacular work of public art. Combining superb research and writing with breathtaking photographs, Seeing Central Park is not only a gorgeous gift book, but also a guide through every significant design feature in the park, from the largest, such as the Reservoir, to the smallest, such as the intricate carvings in the stonework surrounding Bethesda Terrace.

• Rank: #38635 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.01" h x .91" w x 7.01" l, 1.28 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Description #1 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store:

By Sara Cedar Miller In Seeing Central Park Sara Cedar Miller the official historian and photographer of the Central Park Conservancy takes readers through Americas most popular and celebrated park where natural and man-made features are interwoven into a spectacular work of public art. Combining superb research and an engaging text with breathtaking photographs Seeing Central Park is not only a gorgeous gift book but also a guide through every significant design element in the park from the...

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Description #3 by Barnes & Noble - Great Book Deals:

Categories: Central Park (New York, NY)->Pictorial works, New York City->Central Park->Guidebooks. Contributors: Sara Cedar Miller - Author. Format: Hardcover