After seeing just one magical photo of Central Park in the winter (see above composite by Stephen Wilkes),
we felt compelled to put together this list of 20 of the most
breathtaking photos of the world's most famous park. Though it
officially opened in 1857, it was a year later that landscape designer
Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux beat out 32 entries to
win a landscape design contest that would transform the park. They
called their project the Greensward Plan. 25 more images after the break...
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As you may or may not know, Central Park was the first landscaped public
park in the history of the United States. It is also entirely man-made.
The lakes, streams and ponds were all created artificially and the only
natural feature on site is exposed bedrock, called Manhattan Schist,
that's approximately 450 million years old.
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The design of the park was innovative because it called for an
interwoven transportation system for pedestrians, horseback riders and
pleasure vehicles. Since it is only half a mile wide, the designers had
to create a compact system of bridges and arches that allowed for
separate levels of pathways. All in all, they envisioned it as a
"unified work of landscape art."
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The duo will go down in history as the founders of the profession of
landscape architecture in America. Their success even launched the urban
parks movement of the 19th century. More than that, we're sure that
Olmsted and Vaux would be proud of the fact that Central Park receives
an astounding 35 million visits a year, making it the number one most
visited public park in the United States. As you can see from the photos
below, it's also one of the most gorgeous places to photograph.
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Beautiful Black and Photos of Central Park After the Blizzard
— Brooklyn, New York-based photographer Dustin Cantrell just wrote to
us to tell us about a beautiful new set of photos he took of New York's
Central Park after the recent blizzard. The massive snowstorm, nicknamed
Nemo by The Weather Channel, was caused by the collision of two weather
systems, from the west and the south.
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Captured yesterday, these breathtaking shots give us a first-hand view
of what it's really like in New York right now. You'll notice that he
shot everything in black and white, which he says "just fitted better
with the feelings I had the last couple of days.
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"Walking around Central Park, with what seemed to be half of the
population of NYC, I kept on having flashbacks to how I imagine life was
before technology. Back when people were less distracted and enjoyed
the now. I look forward to more times that cause myself and New Yorkers
to slow down and take in the beauty of our surroundings."
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Almost makes your head spin, doesn't it? First spotted on The Atlantic,
what you're looking at is aerial photos stitched together to form one
huge 3D panorama of Central Park. Russian photographer Sergey Semonov
won first place in the amateur category at the Epson International
Photographic Pano Awards for this near unbelievable photo.
Images Dimension 3000 X 1418
Semenov works for AirPano,
traveling the world to create these high resolution 3D aerial
panoramas. "I shoot landscapes, spheres from helicopter, gig-pixel
panoramas as well as manipulate Photoshop and prepare the photos to be
printed in a huge size and organize photo-exhibitions," Semonov wrote of
his work at AirPano. "I like new, progressive and unique things."
Click the picture to see Central Park and the surrounding New York buildings in all their glory.
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