<P> New York City 's need for a great public park was resounded by the famed poet and editor of the Evening Post ( now the New York Post ) , William Cullen Bryant , as well as by the first American landscape architect , Andrew Jackson Downing , who predicted and began to publicize the city 's need for a public park in 1844 . A stylish place for open - air driving , similar to Paris ' Bois de Boulogne or London 's Hyde Park , was felt to be needed by many influential New Yorkers , and , after an abortive attempt in 1850 -- 1851 to designate Jones 's Wood , in 1853 the New York legislature settled upon a 700 - acre ( 280 ha ) area from 59th to 106th Streets for the creation of the park , at a cost of more than US $5 million for the land . </P>
<P> New York City 's need for a great public park was resounded by the famed poet and editor of the Evening Post ( now the New York Post ) , William Cullen Bryant , as well as by the first American landscape architect , Andrew Jackson Downing , who predicted and began to publicize the city 's need for a public park in 1844 . A stylish place for open - air driving , similar to Paris ' Bois de Boulogne or London 's Hyde Park , was felt to be needed by many influential New Yorkers , and , after an abortive attempt in 1850 -- 1851 to designate Jones 's Wood , in 1853 the New York legislature settled upon a 700 - acre ( 280 ha ) area from 59th to 106th Streets for the creation of the park , at a cost of more than US $5 million for the land . </P>
where is the central park in new york
where is the central park in new york
a 700 - acre ( 280 ha ) area from 59th to 106th Streets
a 700 - acre ( 280 ha ) area from 59th to 106th Streets