Prospect Park Will Get First New Entrances to the Park Since the 1940s
Prospect Park Alliance is celebrating the groundbreaking of the restoration of the Flatbush Avenue park perimeter, and unveiled designs for new entrances.
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7 Features of NYC’s Central Park That Weren’t in the Original Plan
A look at some quirky and surprising details in Central Park that were not a part of the original Greensward Plan, yet have become a part of its history.
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10 Historic Ruins and Remnants Inside NYC’s Central Park
NYC’s Central Park was a grand vision by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux but not everything was shaped anew in the monumental effort
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Prospect Park Exhibit Will Display Objects Made From 150-Year-Old Fallen Elm Tree
Celebrate 150 years of Prospect Park at the upcoming “Witness Tree Project” exhibit, displaying items about the immigrant experience made from a fallen elm tree
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A Pinwheel Rose Garden Blooms, as Prospect Park’s “Connective Project” Opens in NYC
The Connective Project, a collection of hundreds of pinwheels made in honor of Prospect Park, was unveiled at the park’s Rose Garden on July 7th in New York City.
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10 Lost or Never Built Structures in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park
The Replica of Mount Vernon in Prospect Park. Image from Brooklyn Historical Society via Prospect Park Alliance
On April 1st and April 2nd, Prospect Park in Brooklyn will celebrate its 150th Anniversary in what the Prospect Park Alliance is calling a “blowout weekend” of events. All weekend long, enjoy the start of the spring season with an Opening …
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10 Must See Artifacts at New York At Its Core at the Museum of the City of New York
New York At its Core at the Museum of the City of New York is a landmark exhibit covering 400 years of NYC history. Here are 10 items not to miss in the exhibit
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The Top 10 Secrets of Columbus Circle in NYC
With such a wide array of attractions, Columbus Circle is much more than a channel to ferry cars and the occasional horse-pulled carriage through NYC’s gridlock.
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The NYC that Never Was: The American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History could have looked very different if the museum’s expansion had proceeded as planned.
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The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Central Park
Here’s our top 10 list of our favorite secrets in Central Park, from a survey bolt, a fully loaded cannon, a hidden cave, remnants of old villages and more.
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