tv, barryn history lewis talks about the creation of new york city's central park. he talks about why the park was built in the many different recreational sections. he argues that the park was the first great civic work of art in the united states. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. she is the official historian and photographer for the central park observance he and she gave us a new

tv, barryn history lewis talks about the creation of new york city's central park. he talks about why the park was built in the many different recreational sections. he argues that the park was the first great civic work of art in the united states. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. she is the official historian and photographer for the central park observance he and she gave us a new view of central park. is central park was the first great civic work of art in this country. this young democracy, europeans had hoped we would fail. we did not. they said, you may succeed economically, but you will never put anything out culturally that is interesting. what do you know? we fold them. -- fooled them. we put out central park. the city that put out the spark, it is a city that has grown. we had 60,000 people in a city that barely stretched from the battery down the road. that was new york in 1800. by 1860, the city had stretched up to 59th street. the already know the manhattan is going to cover the whole of manhattan island. only went tocity 6