Central Park Conservancy: In the News

In the News

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

When Progress Is A Walk in the Park
Washington Post
August 2008
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

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