[F. L. OLMSTED CALVERT VAUX.]
NEW YORK, 1858.
[REPRINTED 1868.]
The Aldine Press.—Sutton, Bowne & Co., 23 Liberty St., N. Y.
Note, 1868.
The following Description was prepared in 1858 to accompany the first study of our design for the Central Park, the appended woodcut being printed with the Report.
A few notes are added in this edition, together with a map showing to what extent the intention of the plan has, thus far, been realized and in what manner the study has been elaborated.
O. & V.
REPORT.
Topographical suggestions.
A general survey of the ground allotted to the park, taken with a view to arrive at the leading characteristics which present themselves as all-important to be considered in adapting the actual situation to its purpose, shows us, in the first place, that it is very distinctly divided into two tolerably equal portions, which, for convenience sake, may be called the upper and lower parks.