The construction of this landmark required the eviction of an African-American community known as "Seneca Village." Andrew Jackson Downing and William
The construction of this landmark required the eviction of an African-American community known as "Seneca Village." Andrew Jackson Downing and William Cullen Bryant are credited with coming up for the idea of this landmark, for which (+) Richard Hunt designed four never-built gates. The winning design for this landmark was the "Greensward Plan" partially developed by Calvert Vaux. In the 1880's, a group of working-class (*) New Yorkers successfully petitioned to have Sunday concerts at this landmark, and its zoo became a permanent fixture in 1871. For 10 points, Frederick Law Olmsted is credited as the landscape architect behind what first large urban park in the U.S., located in Manhattan?
The construction of this landmark required the eviction of an African-American community known as "Seneca Village."
{Central} Park