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Recent articles featuring the Central Park Conservancy. (Note: articles will open in a new window)

Up, Up and Away on Balloon Rides over Central Park REUTERS July 2008   Up, Up And Away: Central Park From 300 Ft. Above! WCBS TV  July 2008   Radio Interview & Balloon Photos 1010 Wins July 2008 Link 1 Link 2    Photographer Turns Water Tower Into Studio, Camera NY1 July 2008     A Fierce Holdout Lurking Under Central Park Mud The New York Times July 2008     A High Way to Heaven New York Post July 2008     A 7,500-Square-Foot Ad for Chanel, With an Artistic Mission The New York Times July 2008     Great Lawn: A Bubble of History Bursts The New York Times July 2008     Olmsted Ramble Common Ground (National Parks Service publication) June 2008     Who Owns Central Park? New York Magazine June 2008      Central Park Loses Dozens Of Its Trees In Big Storm New York Times (City Room blog) June 2008      Follow Central Park's Path of History USA Today April 2008    Commemorating a Central Park Milestone New York Sun April 2008     Happy Anniversary, Central Park! American Heritage April 2008      Greensward Exhibit Gothamist April 2008    Market-Friendly Environmentalism in Midtown Manhattan PERC Reports Winter 2008       New York Post Op-Ed November 3, 2007    Minton Tile Ceiling Restoration Home & Garden November 2007    Halloween Ball Spooktacular BizBash October 2007      Family-friendly Tour of Central Park New York Family Magazine October 2007    Central Park Film Festival New York Post August 2007     Taste of Summer benefit Social Life Magazine June 2007    Fredrick Law Olmsted Luncheon The New York Times Sunday Styles May 2007    Bethesda Fountain Terrace Arcade Reopens Tomorrow "Arcade had a Minton tile ceiling...after a $7 million effort funded by the Central Park Conservancy...tiles are ready to be seen" Gothamist March 1, 2007   Bethesda Terrace Arcade Reopens "The Arcade’s ceiling is made up of 15,876 elaborately patterned encaustic tiles, handmade..." 7online.com March 1, 2007      The Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy’s annual ice-skating park at Wollman Rink "The ‘party on ice’ honors the Playground Partners and Patrons of the Women’s Committee..." David Patrick Columbia’s: New York Social Diary January 22, 2007     Restored Tiles In the Heart Of Central Park "The Bethesda Terrace is being restored to the vision of Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted...with an underground arcade whose ceiling was composed of almost 16,000 tiles." The New York Times January 1, 2007    NEW YORK’S TOP 100 EVENTS: Benefits "7. Central Park Conservancy’s Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon" BiZBash January/February 2007      GREENER EDUCATION: Parks and organizations worldwide are learning "public-space management" from the Central Park Conservancy Metropolis Magazine November 2006    URBAN STUDIES/PEAKING; Love and Glory "Neil Calvanese...Conservancy’s vice president for operations...devoted his professional life to caring for trees." The New York Times November 5, 2006    It Takes a City: Taking Care of the City’s Great Outdoors "...Honoring 20 extraordinary people who have taken nothing for granted in their quest to make New York a better place to live for everyone." Interview with Doug Blonsky, President of the Central Park Conservancy. New York Family November 2006