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- DAIRY_190827_10.JPG: How close do you have to be to this fence before you really see or hear the traffic below?
The Park's designers had no way of knowing that automobiles and trucks would one day be invented, but they knew that the noise of horsedrawn wagons with iron wheels would interfere with the visitors' enjoyment of the Park. Their solution to the problem of moving crosstown traffic through the Park while concealing it from view and buffering the noise, was to sink four transverse roads into a "basement" level below the normal grade of the Park.
- DAIRY_190827_18.JPG: The Children's District...
When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in 1857, they designated the area south of 65th Street as the "Children's District". They deliberately placed features close together that they knew would appeal to youngsters: the carousel, fanciful rustic shelters and the Dairy, where toys could be rented and milk purchased. Children could thus move easily from one attraction to another.
- DAIRY_190827_21.JPG: The Dairy
You are standing under the loggia of the Dairy, the Central Park Visitor Center. Built in 1870, the Dairy offered fresh milk for city children as well as a place to enjoy cool breezes from the Pond. Today you can pick up park maps and walking tour brochures inside at the information desk, have questions answered about events, and enjoy exhibits, park games, and tours.
- DAIRY_190827_24.JPG: Chess & Checkers House
Atop a large rock outcrop -- the Kinderberg, or "children's mountain" in German -- is the Chess & Checkers House, with its indoor and outdoor game tables. Playing pieces can be borrowed at the Dairy information desk; indoor tables are available on weekends.
- DAIRY_190827_27.JPG: Wollman Park
Ice skating and refreshments are available from fall into spring at Wollman Rink, originally constructed in 1950 on the northeastern arm of the Pond.
- DAIRY_190827_28.JPG: Carousel
Fifty-eight hand-carved horses constitute one of the United States' largest carousels, a superb example of folk art built by Stein and Goldstein in 1908. The carousel is open seven days a week, weather permitting.
- DAIRY_190827_31.JPG: Zoo
The Central Park Zoo has been entirely rebuilt, with realistic habitats which display animals from temperate, tropical and polar regions.
- DAIRY_190827_32.JPG: Cop Cot
The Cop Cot, which in Scottish dialect means "little house on the crest of a hill", was rebuilt in 1985, following historic drawings for the summerhouse on this site. The Cop Cot is one of many rustic shelters which once crowned rocky promontories in the Park.
- DAIRY_190827_35.JPG: Heckscher Ballfield
The site of one of three playgrounds in the original 1858 design for Central Park. Heckscher Ballfield now contains six softball diamonds.
- DAIRY_190827_39.JPG: Sheep Meadow
Fifteen acres of lush lawn are reserved for picnicking and sunbathing. Food and restrooms are located at the northwestern corner at the Mineral Springs Pavilion.
- DAIRY_190827_40.JPG: Finding Your Way
- DAIRY_190827_46.JPG: The Dairy
Central Park Visitor Center
Interior restoration of the Dairy was completed in 1979 through the efforts of the Central Park Community Fund and The Second Century Fund for Central Park, with funding from the following donors...
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- Description of Subject Matter: Dairy
At its inception, the southern portion of Central Park was considered by designers Olmsted and Vaux as the Children’s District. This was because it was the first area of the park that would be reached by families traveling from the heart of the city, most of which lay below 38th St. At that time, one of the critical needs of children was for fresh milk. Unfortunatly, a series of scandals and cholera outbreaks placed the dairy production of the city under a cloud of suspicion. To lift suspicion and fulfill the dairy needs of the people, the city provided place where families could find a ready supply of fresh milk when traveling to the park. Thus, the dairy was built.
The building itself, designed by Vaux and erected in 1870, is a whimsical combination of architectural styles that has been characterized as Victorian Gothic. Half of the Dairy consists of a roofed open gallery, or loggia, made of wood with geometric gingerbread borders. The other half is a granite structure with window treatments and gambrel roof that resembles nothing so much as a country church. The loggia was designed to catch the cool summer breezes that blow across the Pond and to retain as much warmth from the winter sunlight as was possible. When it was built the dairy was designed to provide a view of the Pond, but now it gives visitors a lovely view of Wollman Rink, framed by the skyscrapers in the background.
Today, the Dairy serves as a general visitor center and provides the public with information on the design of Central Park, current park events and programs. A new feature is an interactive touch-screen kiosk providing general information about the park. It was specially designed with children in mind, but the information is valuable to all. In addition, The Dairy serves as the official Central Park gift store with maps, guides, history books, and a line of mugs, key chains, T-shirts, and caps especially designed for the Central Park Conservancy.
The above was from https://centralpark.org/attractions/dairy/
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