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Originally Posted by WS1911
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The best incarnation of Central Park/Pershing Square was the one in place before World War I.
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The version of Pershing Square that everyone seems to like was the work of John Parkinson in 1910. It had the nice balusters at each corner and a three-tier fountain sculpted by Johan Caspar Lachne Gruenfeld, braced by four life-size concrete cherubs supporting a vase of cascading water at the center (I wonder what happened to that?)*. The lawns were not to be walked on; benches lined the paths blocking access. The lawns were a cool, green place to rest one's eyes, not oneself.
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Originally Posted by Sebisebster
Pershing Square in 1988, looking north
* The fountain is very reminiscent of the Fountaine des Quatre Saisons, Marigny Square, Paris, although far from identical
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