Planning, Design and Construction

Since its founding in 1980, the Conservancy has spent over $113 million (through 2006) to restore most of the major Park landscapes. A partial list of those restoration projects (there are over 90) and their completion dates includes:

• The Dairy, Central Park's first visitor center (1981)
• Conservatory Garden (1983)
• Strawberry Fields (1985)
• King Jagiello statue (1986)
• Bethesda Terrace's four-year restoration (1988)
• Grand Army Plaza (1990)
• The Ravine (1992)
• The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center and Harlem Meer (1993)
• Cedar Hill (1995)
• Maine Monument at Columbus Circle (1996)
• Merchants' Gate at Columbus Circle and its surrounding landscapes (1997)
• Great Lawn, Turtle Pond and adjacent landscapes (1997)
• Reservoir running track (1998)
• Construction of the 79th Street Yard (1999)
• Restoration of the Reservoir landscapes (2000)
• Installation of the irrigation system at Sheep Meadow (2001)
• The Pond at 59th Street (2001)
• The Pool at West 103rd Street (2003)
• New Reservoir Fence (2003)
• Park entrance at West 72nd Street (2004)
• Heckscher Playground, ballfields and surrounding landscape (2006)
• The Mall (2006)
• West 110th Street Playground (2006)
• The Minton tiles ceiling at Bethesda Terrace Arcade (2007)
• The landscape south of the Mount & Conservatory Garden (2008)
• Landscape East of the Mall (2008)
• Bank Rock Bridge and Bay (2009)
• West 100th Street Playground (2009)
• Ancient Playground (2009)
• Multi-year restoration of the Lake and its shoreline (ongoing through 2012)