The Park and the People
Rosenzweig, Roy / Blackmar, Elizabeth
This "exemplary social history" (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people -- the merchants and landowners who launched the project, the immigrant and African-American residents who were displaced by the park, the politicians, gentlemen, and artists who disputed its design and operation the German gardeners, Irish laborers, and Y...