olmstead and vaux bowed to their wishes, kept the menagerie in the park.y the way, the central park zoo is the first place americans saw a chimpanzee, so it was a big deal. here they are about the turn of the 20th century at the zoo. and what about the music pavilion? the original one at the northern end of the mall. this is the mall. bethesda terrace is to the right. the pergola is in back of the photographer. the original central park music pavilion, gorgeous piece of ironwork. very metallic, could not be built of stone, could not be built of any other material. looks very art nouveau but it is only 30 years before art nouveau 1862, comes in. very pre-art deco. here it is on the lower right, a painting from 1910 showing you the brilliant coloration of it. had to be painted, so they painted in brilliant colors, very much influenced by muslim architecture. beautiful photograph from the 1860's of the music pavilion in the background. and here it is, you hardly see it. once the working classes were living around central park, look how many people poured in o