Whether we call a design good or bad often comes down to whether we agree with the implicit assumptions that brought it about. Those that produced Central Park’s Lasker Pool and Skating Rink, which ...

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New York’s Central Park starting in the late 1850s, they created a set of diverse landscapes—including fields, meadows, lawns, and broad lakes. In ...

The Davis Center at the Harlem Meer restores dignity and beauty to a section of the park that abuts Harlem, our architecture critic said. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at ...

Nestled between the edge of the North Woods and the banks of the Harlem Meer, Central Park's largest project to date—save for the park’s construction in the mid-19th century—makes its public debut ...