Central Park

Building Central Park (ny.com)

Great Buildings: Central Park

early Central Park (1860) note the size of just planted trees

when built, it was farmland surrounded by farmland

The History (CentralPark.com)

Wikipedia

Central Park vs. Prospect Park... "I’m sure Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the architects of both these parks, would be surprised by your surprise, as Prospect was their clear favorite. It’s widely understood among landscape architects that Central Park was a mere practice run, and Prospect Park the true masterpiece — like God making man before woman."

Long Meadow, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Grand Army Plaza, entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn