Combining superb research and writing with breathtaking photographs, this expanded and updated edition of Seeing Central Park is not only an authoritative visual survey of New York City's famous landscape but also a gorgeous gift book.For more than 160 years, Central Park has been the centerpiece of New York City, with more than 42 million visits each year. In Seeing Central Park, photographer and historian Sara Cedar Miller takes readers through America's most popular and celebrated park, where natural and human-made features are interwoven into a spectacular work of art.This handsome gift-ready volume covers the most well known landmarks as well as more newly renovated sections, such as Hallett Nature Sanctuary, Rhododendron Mile, and Dene Slope.With its pastoral and picturesque landscapes, roads and paths, bridges, buildings, structures, and sculpture, Central Park is a living museum of superb Victorian decorative arts and landscape design. From the Pond to Harlem Meer, it's all covered in Seeing Central Park. Author: Sara Cedar MillerPublisher: Abrams BooksPublishing Date: April, 2020Hardcover: 224 pages
