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Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Tour
August 25, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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This Municipal Art Society tour, with Kate Papacosma, highlights key destinations created by Prospect Park co-designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux commencing in 1866. We’ll follow the Park’s winding watercourse through meadows and woods, discussing how residents of Brooklyn, a thriving independent city from 1834 to 1898, sought to create a park to compete with New York’s Central Park. The Park’s backstory is dramatic and fascinating.