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 ...
PBS

NEW PBS DOCUMENTARY SERIES TO EXPLORE HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY’S CENTRAL PARK

Director Lynn Novick to Follow Central Park’s Evolution from a Democratic Experiment in the 1850s to America’s Most Celebrated Public Space Three-Part Series to Weave History and Imagery to Explore ...
Hyperallergic

The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain

This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2025 Pride Month series, spotlighting moments from New York’s LGBTQ+ art history throughout June. Off to one side of the Bethesda Terrace, one of the most ...
Architectural Digest

How Thousands of Years of History Weave Through NYC's Central Park

Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects joins AD in New York as he returns to Central Park to explore the thousands of years of history found there. Although Central Park itself ...
The New York Times

He Was One of the Central Park Five. Now He’s Councilman Yusef Salaam.

Mr. Salaam will take office 34 years after a wrongful prosecution for rape led to his spending nearly seven years in prison. Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, takes office on New Year’s ...