The Secret, Gilded Age History of Central Park’s Most Famous Statue

Emma Stebbins was the toast of 19th-century Rome and an art-world trailblazer. Her work is still being celebrated today.
Untapped Cities

A History of the Central Park Arsenal, a Building Simultaneously Used as a Zoo and Police Precinct

The Central Park Arsenal, at 64th Street and Fifth Avenue, is one of the two buildings (the other being the Blockhouse) left in the park that predate the park’s formation. Although its medieval ...
Gotham Gazette

Central Park at 150

When New York City decided 150 years ago to build Central Park, it launched a project that became the model for city parks throughout the country. A major undertaking for the city, as Morrison ...
The Washington Post

Central Park’s ‘Gate of Exoneration’ invites reflection on racism in parks

Most of the well-known monuments in New York’s Central Park celebrate cultural icons, including William Shakespeare, Alice in Wonderland and, more recently, suffragists Sojourner Truth, Susan B.
Untapped Cities

Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York - Book Talk

Mark Bulik’s Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York (Fordham, 2023), tells the true story of four comrades from the Irish War for Independence, and their paths to a bullet-riddled ...
CBS News

'The Gates' return to NYC's Central Park 20 years later, but in a new form

NEW YORK - The Gates art installation in Central Park made quite a mark on New York City back in 2005. They're back 20 years later, but this time in augmented reality. The Gates was a site-specific ...