Prospect Park: Olmsted and Vaux's Brooklyn Masterpiece

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For any fans of Prospect Park you may enjoy the new book by David Colley called, "Prospect Park: Olmsted and Vaux's Brooklyn Masterpiece." It has made for an excellent coffee table book at my place (plenty of beautiful pictures) and now I have more then a few historical facts I can share the next time I'm showing out-of-town guests around the park.

Here's a NPR interview that tells you a little more about the book. Enjoy.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/309081-prospect-parks-prospects/

prodigalson

Ah! That's why Brooklyn is rightfully called God's Country!

prodigalson

If I was back in God's Country, I'd be strolling thru Prospect Park right now listening to some form of classical guitar music. At the moment I'm listening to WBAI-FM online. But how nice it would be to listen to it while taking in the fresh air at the Park!

brooklynbarn

brooklyn is so much betta than anywhere

prodigalson

lots of new construction going on in Prospect Park:

http://www.prospectpark.org/about/lakeside/lakeside-news-updates-post/lakeside-construction-update-september-2013?lpid=1548079

While this modernizes the area, you wonder if the good old character of the Park is being changed for the worse.

whynot_31

The ice skating rink really needed an upgrade, and the lakeside was pretty decrepit as well.