Morningside Park - Manhattan, New York - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

Morningside Park is 30 acres in size. It covers a narrow strip from 110th to 123rd Streets in the Morningside and Harlem neighbourhoods. Columbia University borders much of its northwest length.

The park includes playgrounds, a dog run, softball diamonds, some sculptures and a pool. There are interesting stone staircases linking the paved and stone dust paths.

From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morningside_Park_(New_York_City)):
The City of New York commissioned Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to produce a design for the park in 1873, but the plan was shelved during the economic depression following the Panic of 1873. In 1880, Jacob Wrey Mould was hired to rework Olmsted and Vaux’s plans, with Mould redoing the promenade and the wall of masonry that lines the park along Morningside Drive. He was awarded a construction contract in 1883, although in 1886 Mould died before the work could be completed. While construction was ongoing, in 1885, police captured 16 cows illegally grazing in the park, and local dairymen were often fined for pasturing their herds there.

In 1887 Olmsted and Vaux were asked to modify their original plan to accommodate changed conditions, such as the 116th Street and Eighth Avenue elevated railway station, and construction of the park began.

More recent additions include an arboretum and the aforementioned dog run.

Name: Morningside Park Street Location: bordered by 110th Street in the south, Manhattan Drive on the east, 123rd Street on the north, and Morningside Drive on the west Local Municipality: City of New York State/Province, etc.: New York Country: USA Web Site: [Web Link] Memorial/Commemoration: no Date Established: 1883 Recreational Facilities: dog run, playgrounds, softball diamonds Monuments/Statues: Seligman Fountain Fountains: Seligman Fountain Picnic Facilities: Not listed Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed Special Events: Not listed Traditional Geocaches: Not listed

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