Central Park Analysis

An urban cultural landscape that is well known in the United States can be found in the heart of New York City, New York. Central Park is the result of mid-1800 reformers who called for “more aid to the poor but also for breathing room” and a park that could serve as “the lungs of the city (McNeur, 176).” Before the development of the park, the systematic landscape of NYC made it difficult for people to live happily because the overcrowded and uncleanliness was an overpowering issue. Frederick Olmstead, the architect behind the establishment of Central Park, was determined to lift the city’s poor by offering a clean, safe place for the less fortunate to escape the city without having to travel to the countryside. Notwithstanding, the wealthy New Yorkers hoped to use the park as a “refined space, where it would be safe for women to move freely and for the ‘Upper Ten’ to promenade and display their wealth (McNeur, 201).” The developers intended for the landscape to be used for the working class and throughout the development, faced difficulties
It was able to uplift the poor, refine the rich, retard commercial growth, provide jobs, and define civic identity. The park was able to create a sense of unity in a city where people had once lost touch of themselves. The park isolates itself from the city by perimeter walls and plantings as well as water features that increase the sense of distance from the city (the cl foundation). This park holds cultural significance to this day as it represents some of the first efforts to stop class self-segregation. To this day, Central Park is managed through maintenance as it is monitored 24/7 for safety purposes and up kept daily by park employees. In view of the fact that it is a multi-sensory vessel, the park exhibits tangible values as a natural system through the use of land, vegetation, and water