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Central Park is Manhattan’s 843-acre designed landscape, created as New York City expanded and open space became scarce. Authorized in 1853 and built on land taken through eminent domain, it displaced communities including Seneca Village. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s Greensward Plan won the 1858 design competition, and the park was completed in 1876. With meadows, woods, winding paths, artificial lakes and ponds, playgrounds, drives, and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and the Reservoir, it became the nation’s most visited urban park. After periods of decline, restoration efforts and the Central Park Conservancy helped renew it, while its design shaped urban parks far beyond Manhattan.
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