When the Board of Commissioners of Central Park determine it was meter to build Central Park in 1857 , they announce a conception contest with a plunder to the tune of $ 2,000 ( around $ 50,000 today ) . Obviously , it was Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux ’s design deliver the goods . But there were 33 other failed entry , only five of which still subsist .
One of thoseis from engineer John Rink . It ’s currently on display at the New - York Historical Society , though it was believe to be lost until 2008 , when it as hear in an attic .
The design features a serial of highly planned park area that look like biological exemplification of sea creatures , a laErnst Haeckel . From above , it front like one giant garden maze , intricately constellate with tons of topiaries , drawing hard on square-toed garden design .
Another failed plan on display come from George E. Waring , Jr. , who propose sticking to the raw topography of the commons , unlike Rink . It was less of a park , and more of an uninterrupted landscape — but it did include a cricket playing field . But ultimately , it was the egalitarian , open blueprint of Rink and Olmsted that became the Central Park we make love and make love today . [ NYHistoryviaSlate ]
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