. Nooks & corners of old New York . the eye and make the park asbeautiful in every detail as in its en-tirety. The year 1857 was one of much dis-tress to the poor, and work on thepark being well under way, the Com-mon Council created employment for OF OLD NEW YORK many laborers by putting them to workgrading the new park. The original limits were extendedfrom One Hundred and Sixth to OneHundred and Tenth Street in 1859. As it exists to-day, Central Park con-tains eight hundred and sixty-two acres,of which one hundred and eighty-fiveand one-quarter are water. It is two anda half miles long
. Nooks & corners of old New York . the eye and make the park asbeautiful in every detail as in its en-tirety. The year 1857 was one of much dis-tress to the poor, and work on thepark being well under way, the Com-mon Council created employment for OF OLD NEW YORK many laborers by putting them to workgrading the new park. The original limits were extendedfrom One Hundred and Sixth to OneHundred and Tenth Street in 1859. As it exists to-day, Central Park con-tains eight hundred and sixty-two acres,of which one hundred and eighty-fiveand one-quarter are water. It is two anda half miles long and half a mile hundred thousand trees have beenset out since the acquisition of the are nine miles of carriageway,five and a half miles of bridle-path,twenty-eight and one half miles of walk,thirty buildings, forty-eight bridges,tunnels and archways, and out-of-doorseats for ten thousand persons. It is as-sessed at ^87,000,000 and worth twicethat amount. More than $ 14,000,-000have been spent on INDEX
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