GO | Central Park in the Spring I Issue XLIV

GO: Central Park

The Dancing Maidens by German Sculptor Walter Schott 1910 at the Untermyer Fountain in the French Conservatory Garden

pring in Central Park is always an exhilarating adventure! I met my Connecticut friend, Janet, at the Conservatory Gate to begin our floral stroll. The gate is located at 5th Avenue and 105th Street. It was commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II from Paris and is wrought iron. It originally adorned Vanderbilt's mansion on the corner of 5th Avenue and 58th Street, the current location of Bergdorf Goodman.

Central Park Conservatory

The Conservatory Garden consists of three European gardens that were created in 1935 by NYC Parks Commissioner, Robert Moses. The grounds encompass six acres between 104th and 106th Streets. Before the gardens were curated there was a glass conservatory built in the late 1800s.

The glass conservatory in the 1890s.

The French inspired garden with 20,000 tulips.

The Italian insipired garden has a central grass area surrounded by boxwoods and other shrubery with steps to a rounded pergola coupled with two crab apple tree lined walkways.

The English inspired garden with a bronze fountain inspired by the book
The Secret Garden, author Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Strolling down the park

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

I used to have an apartment on West 90th Strret, next to the twin towers in this photo. Great memories. I loved walking a third of a block and being in Central Park!

Cleopatra's Needle

We strolled past the Egyptian Cleopatra's Needle behind
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lunch at the Central Park Boathouse

Our view

The signature and Very buttery Parker Rolls.

Citrusy Boathouse Salad

Janet and her beloved
Bees Knees!

Yellowfin Tuna Tartare -
Delicious including the Graufette chips

Citrus and Herb Halibut -
Fab with a glass of Albariño!

I have sat at a table next to the water before,
but this was the first time I noticed the fish and turtles.

Conservatory Water

Sailboat racing and rentals at Conservatory Water.

Jazz at Central Park

Nothing like bumping into a jazz concert in Central Park.

We were close to Madison Avenue and successfully crashed Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle. Pictured is a bunny favorite thanks to Ludwig Bemelmans artistic efforts in 1947.

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