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NYC Urban Ecosystem Toolbox: Central Park

NYPL books, atlases, maps, and online content.

Useful Catalog Subject Headings

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps, Topographic

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Historical geography -- Maps

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Guidebooks

Collection Highlights: Books and Atlases

Birds of Central Park by Geoffrey Carleton
Publication Date: 1947
Central Park, the plant list of 1873 prepared by Robert Demcker, landscape architect.
Publication Date: 1966
Central Park : memorial of the Common Council of the City of New York to the Legislature,
Publication Date: 1853?
Central Park : trees and landscapes : a guide to New York City's masterpiece by Edward Sibley Barnard
Publication Date: 2016
A concrete look at nature; Central Park (and other) glimpses. by Eugene Kinkead
Publication Date: 1974

Collection Highlights: Maps and Charts

Map of the Central Park : printed for the Department of Public Parks by Otto Sibeth
Publication Date: 1873?
Map of the lands included in the Central Park : from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856 / Plan for the improvement of the Central Park : adopted by the Commissioners, June 3rd, 1856 by Egbert Viele
Publication Date: 1856
Map showing the original topography of the site of the Central Park : with a diagram of the roads and walks now under construction by Frederick Law Olmsted
Publication Date: 1859
Topographical survey of portion of Central Park, Boro. of Manhattan by City of New York, Department of Parks, Topographical Division.
Publication Date: [1939-1948]

Online Resources

Central Park maps -- NYPL Digital Collections

Central Park Conservancy [homepage]

Central Park - NYC Parks

Central Park

Central Park survey 1856

Central Park survey (1856)