Calvert Vaux

Type: Person

Name: Calvert Vaux

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Central Park Group Is Seeking Better Playgrounds

The , the nonprofit group that manages Central Park, said it would initiate on Monday a $40 million fund-raising campaign to pay for the restoration and improvement of the parks 21 playgrounds. While the conservancy, which was formed in 1980 to help rejuvenate ... [Published New York Times - May 13 2013]

Entities: Central Park (United States), Park Group PLC, Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Real Haunted Castle in Central Park NYC?

Feel the urge to fly to Scotland or Romania to experience a haunted castle? No need -- just take a subway to New York's Central Park and ask for the “Castle” and you just might discover some ghostly paranormal activity right in the heart of NYC.New York, ... [Published SBWire - May 06 2013]

Entities: Henry Luce, Calvert Vaux, Metropolitan Museum of Art

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

The Father of American Landscape Architecture

A.J. Downing’s residence in Newburgh, NY, was demolished ca. 1920.The plan for Downing’s estate, drawn by his assistant, Frederick C. Withers, published in The Horticulturalist in 1853.Art Glass, Sculpture, Artwork & FurnishingsDoors, Windows, Hardwa ... [Published Traditional Building Magazine - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: J. Downing, Landscape Architecture, Andrew Jackson Downing, Calvert Vaux, Jackson Davis

First reported Jan 13 2013 - Updated Jan 13 2013 - 1 reports

Bringing The Outdoors To The Masses

The site Gilded Birds asks an array of thinkers to discuss a seminal object of beauty. In a recent installment, the philosopher Joshua Cohen chose New York City's Central Park, claiming that its "hard to think of other places that so fully ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Jan 13 2013]

Entities: Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted, Wikimedia Commons, Dynamite

First reported Dec 25 2012 - Updated Dec 25 2012 - 1 reports

West Virginia University

WVU bowl fans will find plenty to do in Big Apple

The West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the Syracuse Orange at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at Yankee Stadium.The Charleston GazetteMountaineer fans in New York City can take in a free light show at the "Buckyball" installation by artist Leo Villareal at Madison ... [Published Sunday Gazette-Mail - Dec 25 2012]

Entities: West Virginia University, New York City, Brooklyn Bridge

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Central Park Group Is Seeking Better Playgrounds [Published New York Times - May 13 2013]
A Real Haunted Castle in Central Park NYC? [Published SBWire - May 06 2013]
New York: A Concrete Jungle And 'City Of Trees,... [Published WKAR - Apr 30 2013]
The Father of American Landscape Architecture [Published Traditional Building Magazine - Apr 18 2013]
Bringing The Outdoors To The Masses [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Jan 13 2013]
WVU bowl fans will find plenty to do in Big Apple [Published Sunday Gazette-Mail - Dec 25 2012]