5. Lasker Rink and Pool

The Lasker Rink and Pool is unique on our list in that it doubles as an ice skating rink in the fall and winter, as its name suggests. The space opened in 1966 on the site of an original landscape of Central Park. The site, one of Olmsted’s and Vaux’s pristine works, was a viewpoint from the Harlem Meer to the Loch. Since the construction of the Pool and Rink, this view is no longer possible.