"Since Central Park opened in 1859, city officials have occasionally tried to tinker with its original intent—which was to replicate the woods and pastures of nature for industry-choked New Yorkers in need of R&R. Among the plans that luckily never came to pass: a racetrack, a cemetery for the city’s 'distinguished dead,' a 1,000-seat theater, building lots from parcels of park space, even pavement replacing the grass at the lower end of the park. And these are just the ideas proposed before 1920! ..."
Ephemeral New York
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